Africa and the decolonisation of international relations: a roundtable report
A report on the roundtable event: 'Africa and the decolonisation of international relations'.
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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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The economic corridors paradigm as extractivism: Four theses for a historical materialist framework
Charlie Thame gives a five-minute summary of this Review of International Studies article.
How do international organizations interact?
Understanding cooperation, competition and adaptation through the lens of organizational ecology.
Event catch up and review - Health diplomacy in times of pandemic
A summary and recording of the recent joint Global Health and Foreign Policy Working Group event.
Confronting the gated community: Towards a decolonial critique of violence beyond the paradigm of war
Henrique Tavares Furtado discusses his Review of International Studies article with Juliet Dryden.
The China-Factor: Sino-British relations and the conundrum of economic and security interests
A taster of a deeper academic discussion on this topic taking place at the BISA 2021 conference.
What constitutes successful covert action?
A summary of this new Review of International Studies article, and an interview with Rory Cormac.
Exploring the determinants of regional health governance modes in the Global South: A comparative analysis of Central and South America
Juliet Dryden, speaks to Giovanni Agostinis and Kevin Parthenay about their new RIS article.
Teaching international politics on Zoom: tips for fun activities
Patrick Pinkerton from UCL shares teaching tips for Zoom ice-breakers, role play and quizzes.
Refugees’ cross-border strategies and international organisations
How and why do international institutions struggle with transnationalism? A RIS article summary.
NATO's strategic narratives: Angelina Jolie and the alliance's celebrity and visual turn
Watch Katharine A M Wright and Annika Bergman Rosamond discuss their new article in BISA journal RIS
What’s your problem?
Ilan Baron talks to Jade Schiff about political theory & why problems or questions are so important.
The heart of bureaucratic power: explaining international bureaucracies’ expert authority
BISA Director Juliet Dryden speaks to Andrea Liese about her Review of International Studies article
Ideas, stories and teaching International Relations
In the latest in the series from Ilan Baron, he discusses ideas and story telling.
Reappraising the Chinese School of International Relations: a postcolonial perspective
Yih-Jye Hwang dicusses a new RIS article that revisits the enterprise of the Chinese School of IR.
Who’s afraid of memory laws? Introducing ‘militant memocracy’ in International Relations
Maria Mälksoo discusses her new article in BISA journal Review of International Studies.
In discussion: Richard Whitman - The role of professional associations and BISA
We ask Richard why professional associations are so important and why you should get involved.
Nuclear weapons, extinction, and the Anthropocene: reappraising Jonathan Schell
Juliet Dryden, speaks to Rens van Munster and Casper Sylvest about their new RIS article.
How can we make sure states do not only sign international anticorruption agreements, but also comply with them?
Hortense Jongen discusses her new article in BISA journal Review of International Studies.
The forgotten history of militant conservatism in IR
Jean-François Drolet and Michael C Williams discuss their Review of International Studies article.
Batman, Star Wars, and essay writing
In the latest in the series from Ilan Baron, Patrick Jackson talks essay writing and popular culture
Classic readings on the colonial inflections of global order
The CPD Working Group's suggested classic readings on the colonial inflections of global order.
Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial (CPD) research networks
CPD builds relationships with cognate inter-disciplinary research centres worldwide. Find out who.
Just Riot Theory - What is it? Why isn't there one? Why is it important?
In the third in the series from Ilan Baron, he interviews Jonathan Havercroft on his riot article.
Imagining (in)security: NATO's collective self-defence and post-9/11 military policing in the Mediterranean Sea
We interview Julien Pomarède about his new Review of International Studies article.
Military responses to COVID-19, emerging trends in global civil-military engagements
Fawzia Gibson-Fall discuss her timely new article from BISA journal Review of International Studies
Interview with Lene Hansen: Security, visuals and Icons in IR
Part six of the Post-Structural Politics working group's interview series.
The disorientating dilemma
In the second in the series from Ilan Baron, he interviews Andy Paras (Guelph) on research questions
Citizen-centred or state-centred? The representational design of International Parliamentary Institutions
Jofre Rocabert and Thomas Winzen discuss their new article in Review of International Studies.
Assessing the factors that impede student engagement within the Criminology discipline: a pedagogically oriented action research to improve
Tarela Ike discusses the findings from her BISA-funded research project on student engagement.
Time to break up with the international community? Rhetoric and realities of a political myth in Cambodia
We interview Katrin Travouillon & Julie Bernath about their Review of International Studies article.
Africa and the backlash against international courts
Peter Brett and Line Engbo Gissel outline key findings from book on Africa and International Courts.
How do stakeholders perceive institutions in a field with institutional complexity? Understanding legitimacy in global renewable energy governance
Naghmeh Nasiritousi and Hugo Faber discuss their new article published in BISA journal RIS.
Research profile: Tom Vaughan on South Africa and global nuclear order
Tom Vaughan, PGN Chair, discuses his PhD research on South Africa and global nuclear order.
News: FCDO Historians
Information, News and Events, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians
Q&A with 2019 Thesis Prize Winner Dr James Southern
British International History Group, James Southern, Michael L. Dockrill Thesis Prize, 2019
The Brandt Line after forty years: The more North–South relations change, the more they stay the same?
Nicholas Lees discusses his new article published in BISA journal Review of International Studies.
Disruption by design: planetary programming in the aftermath of geopolitics
Find out about, and watch back, this fantastic Review of International Studies forum on geopolitics.
Judicial diplomacy: International courts and legitimation
We interview Theresa Squatrito on her Review of International Studies article and it's implications.
The Births of International Studies in China
How IR emerged and developed in China, against the background of a Sinocentric world order.
A look back at the Post-Structural Politics Working Group convenors
Here we look back at the past convenors of the Post-Structural Politics Working Group
Publishing with Review of International Studies
Lead editor, Martin Coward, discusses the scope of the journal and hints and tips for submitters.
Memory and South East Europe: Global currents of activism and contestation
A review of roundtable- ‘Memory and South East Europe: activism and global currents of contestation’
Do you want to write a COVID dissertation?
Professor Sophie Harman gives some advice about coming up with dissertation topics related to COVID.
Performing civilisational narratives in East Asia: Asian values, multiple modernities, and the politics of economic development
Yong Wook Lee discusses the article published in BISA journal Review of International Studies.
Critical studies on terrorism and counter-terrorism conference 2020
Parts of the annual CST conference are now available on demand. Listen to the keynote and roundtable
How do non-democratic governments engage citizens in policy-making? Introducing ‘participatory authoritarianism’
Catherine Owen discusses her recent article in BISA journal Review of International Studies.
Party conventions and the US presidential election
Dr Mark Shanahan, Head of Politics and IR at Reading discusses party conventions and the US election
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