The latest in IR - spring book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Articles
Here we bring you editorial and analysis on the hot topics in International Relations, including summaries from our two journals and research from our members and working groups.
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Decoloniality in Eastern Europe: a field of struggle
Ana Vilenica reflects on the proceedings from the International Conference: “Postcolonial, Decolonial, Postimperial, Deimperial,”
CPD Paper Prize Honourable Mention 2024 - Towards an Anticolonial Aesthetic Politics: Surrealist Praxis & Epistemic Refusal
Cian O'Driscoll talks to Sara Wong (LSE) about her paper for the CPD Working Group annual prize.
CPD Paper Prize Winner 2024 - Affective Sovereignty: A decolonial politics of emotion in Palestine
Andy Hom interviews Jamal Nabulsi, who won the BISA CPD Working Group's Early Career Paper Prize.
CPD Paper Prize Honourable Mention 2024: Decolonisation and the displacement of the Chagos Islanders
RIS Editor Cian O'Driscoll talks to Alice Engelhard (LSE) about her paper for the CPD annual prize.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - From small acorns grow large postgraduate networks!
Founding Postgraduate Network Chair James A Malcolm reflects on the beginnings of the Network.
Take Five - 9 May 2025
Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.
Unlock the power of academic blogging: Storytelling, tips and tools
If you missed Global Souths Hub academic blogging masterclass, find the recording and slides here.
Global Aid Rethink - Episode 1
Listen to the new podcast from the conveners of the Global Politics and Development Working Group.
Improving EDI in funding and prizes - What are the challenges and how do we overcome them?
Laura McLeod reflects on our funding and prize awarding processes and their improvement.
A-Z of IR: Y is for 'Yugoslavia' and Z is for 'Zero-Sum game '
The final part of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series.
French ontological security and the Algerian War
Britt Leake discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
The International Studies Conference, peaceful change, and the transformation of international studies in the United States during the prewar and wartime years
Talbot Imlay discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Take Five - 25 April 2025
Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.
Obliged to hate: The successful stigmatisation of anti-war voices in Azerbaijan
Cesare Figari Barberis and Mirkamran Huseynli discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Strangely inspired: Recovering a neo-Strangean approach to power, authority and knowledge for IPE
Blayne Haggart and Randall Germain discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Event Summary: Publishing Your First Research Article
Professor Maria Mälksoo led a workshop on Publishing Your First Research Article for attendees.
What do we want? Climate justice!
Dr Guy Jackson discusses different visions of climate justice.
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.
‘Emperor at home, king abroad’: Legitimising authority in early modern East Asia
Michael Varnay discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
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.
Construction and control of cartographic imaginaries: Kashmir and Taiwan
Nitasha Kaul and Mariah Thornton discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.
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.
Take Five - 11 April 2025
Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.
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.
Towards a phenomenological ontology of war
Mark Gilks discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - Shaping a global IR to respond to global challenges
In part two of our discussions with former chairs, they discuss how BISA has shaped global IR.
Playing doomsday: Video games and the politics of nuclear weapons
Carolina Pantoliano discusses her new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Event Summary: What is academic writing and how to get better at it
Anne Wilson led an interactive workshop for the Postgraduate Network demystifying academic writing.
What does ‘survival’ mean and require in an age of nuclear weapons?
Author Laura Considine discusses the new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
In discussion – Nicholas Wright
We talk to Nicholas Wright, a co-opted BISA trustee, to get to know him a little better.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – Insights from former Chairs
We set out to reveal the wisdom of some BISA past Chairs including Ruth Blakeley and Stuart Croft.
Topos of threat and metapolitics in Russia’s securitisation of NATO post-Crimea
Anni Roth Hjermann and Julie Wilhelmsen discusses their new Review of International Studies (RIS) article
A-Z of IR: S is for the 'Security Dilemma' and T is for 'Trust'
Part ten of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.
Comparative Regionalism beyond Europe versus the rest
Tobias Lenz discusses the key points from the authors new Review of International Studies article.
A-Z of IR: Q is for 'Queer Theory' and R is for 'Responsibility to Protect (R2P)'
Part nine of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.
The narrow repertoire of climate security
In the latest Environment article, Dr Robert Cullum discusses climate security and 'worldmaking'.
State violence against migrant women: Ontological security, threat, and legitimacy
Alexandria Innes discusses the key points from her new Review of International Studies article.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives - Michael Cox
In the first of a series of articles, Michael Cox discusses memories of BISA and its achievements.
The Rousseauian roots of neorealism
Joseph Clarkson discusses the key points from his new Review of International Studies article.
The latest in IR - winter book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
A-Z of IR: O is for 'Order' and P is for 'Power'
Part eight of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.
A theory of international technology regulation
Florian Rabitz discusses his new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.
A-Z of IR: M is for 'Money' and N is for 'Nuclear Weapons'
Part seven of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.
The best books that explore the role of neutral countries in times of war, and in shaping the world
Edward Corse shares his best books on the role of neutral countries. Published with Shepherd.
Time to rethink climate in/vulnerability
Dr Charlotte Weatherill discusses the concept of 'climate vulnerability'.
A-Z of IR: K is for 'Kleptocracy' and L is for 'Legitimacy'
Part six of Adrian Gallagher's A-Z of IR series. The series continues each week.
Norm expressivism and punishment in International Relations
Cornelia Baciu discusses the key points from her new Review of International Studies article.
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