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Events

Circles of solidarity: Reimagining environment and climate politics scholarship in a crisis-ridden world

22 April 2025, Zoom

Global Nuclear Order annual conference 2025: Rethinking nuclear deterrence in an era of strategic uncertainty

25 April 2025, Zoom

De-financialising higher education? The student loan ‘crisis’ and debt cancellation policies in Chile

28 April 2025, Zoom

Local-level peacebuilding: between theory and practice

30 April 2025, London, UK

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Latest from BISA

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A-Z of IR: W is for 'War' and X is for 'X article (socialism vs capitalism)'

Part twelve of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.

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‘Emperor at home, king abroad’: Legitimising authority in early modern East Asia

Michael Varnay discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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Normativity in practice: Ordering through enactment, learning, and contestation in global protests

Frank Gadinger and Holger Niemann discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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Construction and control of cartographic imaginaries: Kashmir and Taiwan

Nitasha Kaul and Mariah Thornton discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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Climate change on a fluid earth: The movement of matter in the spaces of global politics

Ebony Young discusses her new RIS article along with the video abstract.

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Take Five - 11 April 2025

Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.

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A-Z of IR: U is for 'United Nations' and V is for 'Veto'

Part eleven of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.

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Call for papers: ecocide in global politics

The International Law and Politics Working Group are seeking presentations for their workshop.

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