Event recording - New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics
Watch the recording of this virtual event, revisiting the first ever BISA conference in 1975.
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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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Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions
Author Sylvain Maechler discusses the key points from his co-authored article with Jacqueline Best.
Outsourcing anti-dependency: Brazil’s fraught embedded-autonomy approach to China
Rute Ester Brasileiro da Silva discusses the key points from her new RIS article and video abstract.
In discussion: Jamie J Hagen
We talk to Jamie J Hagen, our BISA EDI lead, to get to know her a little better.
Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia
Neil Christopher Renic and Jessica Wolfendale discuss the key points from their new RIS article with the video abstract.
Legitimising international orders: The symbolic dimension of surrender
Alexandros Koutsoukis discusses the key points from his new RIS article with the video abstract.
The protection of cultural property in times of armed conflict: Ethics, gender, and coloniality
Annika Bergman Rosamond discusses the key points from her new RIS article with the video abstract.
Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
Elif Kalaycioglu and Jelena Subotić discuss their RIS article and the special issue it introduces.
Wha’s like us? The desecuritisation of migration as ontological security-seeking in Scotland
Ian Paterson and Ben Rosher discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Decentred dereliction in digital international relations: PeaceTech, ethics, and the cascading of moral responsibility
Andreas T. Hirblinger, Fabian B. Hofmann and Kristoffer Lidén discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Neoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy
Gustav Meibauer discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
The best books to understand how the global order is changing
James Pattison gives us his best books to understand how the global order is changing.
Spotlight on: Dakila Yee
PhD candidate Dakila Yee shares his research interests and future plans.
Heritage geopolitics: Hegemonic meaning-making, international orders, and the heritagisation of traditional archery in Turkey and beyond
Fulya Hisarlıoğlu and Lerna K Yanık discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Emerging norms and international change: The responsibility not to veto and its impact on the Security Council
Eglantine Staunton discusses the key points from her new RIS article.
Weaponised legal dependence: How states repress their globalised oligarchs
Nikhil Kalyanpur discusess the key points from his new RIS article.
War of movement: The political economy of conflict escalation in Colombia, 1990–8
Oliver Dodd discuss the key points from his new RIS article.
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?
Mathias Larsen and James Jackson explore why climate researchers routinely return to the state.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – The new dimensions of foreign policy (1975!)
Professor Jack Holland looks back at the themes of the first BISA conference, which took place in 1975.
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots
Benjamin Moffitt discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society
Peter Newell discusses his new book on governing the environment and transforming society.
Can the state prevent? The role of the Joint Communiqué in preventing conflict-related sexual violence
Phyu Phyu Oo and Sara E Davies discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Event recording - Public engagement in research: tools and reflections on reaching new audiences
Watch the recording of the PKPBHR Working Group event the alternative tools used to showcase research
The best books on terrorism and democracy
Carlos Yebra López gives us his best books on terrorism and democracy. Published with Shepherd.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – 10 Years of the European Journal of International Security
Tim Edmunds looks back at the creation of our journal EJIS, and how things are going 10 years on.
Beyond frameworks: Alternative pathways for AI governance in a fragmented world
A blogpost about supplementing AI frameworks with alternative governance systems.
Susan Strange meets the everyday: The mundane sources of structural power
Kasper Arabi discuss the key points from his new RIS article.
Constructing business authority in global governance: A Bourdieusian account of multi-level meaning fixation
Adrian Calmettes and Dominic J Pfister discuss their new RIS article along with the video abstract.
In discussion: New Voices in Cultural Relations Prize 2025 winner - Zoha Siddiqui
Zoha Siddiqui discusses her prize-winning dissertation with Juliet Dryden and Christine Wilson.
Event summary: Navigating the publishing landscape
Watch the recording of the Africa and International Studies event 'Navigating the publishing landscape'
Take Five - 19 September 2025
Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.
Abusing the international solidarity principle: Human rights, international solidarity, and the EU’s bilateral migration deals
Jamal Barnes and Samuel M Makinda discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
Ecocide: a 21st century international crime in the making?
Read Suwita Hani Randhawa's article on research supported by an Early Career Small Research Grant.
Revisiting the ‘darker side’ of democratic peace: Morgenthau, reflexivity, and the role of scholars in times of deception
Haro L Karkour discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Spotlight on: Santosh Kumar
PhD candidate Santosh Kumar shares his research interests and future plans.
Relational legitimation in dense institutional environments: The case of the UN Special Procedures
Monika Heupel discusses her new RIS article along with the video abstract.
American Pragmatism, the Frankfurt School, and the future of Critical International Relations Theory
Jason Ralph discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Beyond production: Following nomadic space in IR
Srishti Malaviya discusses her new RIS article along with the video abstract.
In memoriam: Professor Jack Spence - Memories from two students
In tribute to Professor Jack Spence, two of his former students share their memories.
Snapshots podcast: episode nine - Professor João Nunes
Episode nine of the Global Health Working Group's podcast features Professor João Nunes.
The Reverse Savages, Victims, Saviours metaphor of human rights
Shadi Mokhtari discusses her new RIS article along with the video abstract.
Affective sovereignty: A decolonising politics of emotion in Palestine
Jamal Nabulsi discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
The middling of international hierarchies
John de Bhal discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
In discussion: Andrew Dorman
We talk to Andrew Dorman, a new BISA trustee, to get to know him a little better.
The latest in IR - summer book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Studying state-private hybrid regimes of security governance through a focus on border security
Read Samah Rafiq's article on research that was supported by the BISA Early Career Small Research Grant.
Actions and reactions – Supporting members and developing BISA within the constraints of the Charities Act
Professor Kyle Grayson, reflects on the challenges facing professional associations and their trustees.
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