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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.

If you’d like to contribute an article please get in touch with our Communications Manager, Chrissie Duxson: Chrissie.Duxson@bisa.ac.uk

UG event series: Revision and exam strategies

If you missed UG event series: Revision and exam strategies virtual event, watch the recording here.

UG event series - Artificial intelligence: Thinking beyond the headlines

If you missed 'Artificial intelligence: Thinking beyond the headlines' catch up with the recording.

How can you help us, Mr Darwin? Social Darwinism in the history of Chinese international thought

The authors discuss the key points from their Review of International Studies article.

Religion and responsibility in international relations: Thatcher, Mahathir, and The Satanic Verses

David T Smith discusses the key arguments from his new Review of international studies article

Equity and positive change - improving EDI in funding and prizes

Laura McLeod reflects on BISA's funding and prize awarding processes and their improvement.

Why contexts matter for decolonising IR knowledge production

Beverley Loke and Catherine Owen discuss the key points from their new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.

Post-growth agrifood systems: Towards an emancipatory politics

The authors discuss the key points from their Review of International Studies article.

Why formal inclusion is not enough in global governance

The authors discuss the key points from their Review of International Studies article.

A narrative approach to analysis of covert action

Author Jack Duffield discusses his new article from the Review of international studies.

Does the new Government’s Strategic Defence Review offer a window for rethinking UK defence policy?

The security policy and practice working group conveners discuss their recent BISA event.

Back to the bad old days of the OAU? Why there has never been a Pan-African consensus on the legitimacy of coups d’état

Peter Brett discusses the recent wave of West African military coups and the threats they provide.

Critical Studies on Terrorism 2024 Conference - event review

Find out all about the Critical Studies on Terrorism 2024 Conference which took place in Sheffield.

Student voices – Moving abroad and the highs and lows of PhD life

We look at students’ experience of moving to the UK and the biggest challenges/joys of doing a PhD.

Snapshots podcast: episode eight - Dr Anne-Sophie Jung

Episode eight of the Global Health Working Group's podcast features Dr Anne-Sophie Jung.

Student voices - PhD applications and funding in the UK

We look at why five students chose to do their PhD in the UK, finding a supervisor, funding and more

In discussion: Tim Edmunds

We talk to Tim Edmunds, 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.

Take Five - 26 July 2024

Dominic Hart brings you the five best IR-related podcasts and readings this fortnight. Take five.

Enhance Your Teaching with the BISA YouTube Channel

Read more about BISA's YouTube Channel and how we use our online resources to enhance learning

Peace on display: Examining peace knowledge(s) in UK museums

Lydia Cole discusses how BISA ECSRG funding enabled her project on peace representation in the UK.

Thinking Inside the Box Framework

J Simon Rofe discusses the project enabled by a BISA Learning and Teaching Small Grant Award.

#GlobalChallenges: Social media, pedagogy and International Studies

Read more about Dr Louise Pears' research on social media in the International Studies classroom.

The Visual Politics of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: From the UN Security Council to Civil Society

Columba Achilleos-Sarll reports on the research she conducted with the help of the BISA ECSR Grant.

Take Five - 12 July 2024

Dominic Hart brings you the five best IR-related podcasts and readings this fortnight. Take five.

In discussion: Jack Holland

We talk to Jack Holland, a new BISA trustee, to get to know him a little better.

More than just the ‘‘Bop Lobby’’: Britain and the ‘‘independence’’ of Bophuthatswana

Daniel Feather discusses how BISA ECSRG funding helped him to further develop his research.

Militarisation in UN peace operations

Alexander Gilder discusses his research on UN peacekeeping practices funded by a BISA ECSRG.

International Relations and the non-human: Exploring animal culture for global environmental governance

Authors Teresa Lappe-Osthege and Rosaleen Duffy explain the key points from their RIS article.

Towards an abolitionist feminist peace: State violence, anti-militarism, and the Women, Peace and Security agenda

Authors Hannah Wright and Columba Achilleos-Sarll explain the key points from their RIS article.

Regime of torture: Guantánamo Bay’s ongoing detention and prosecutions of the CIA’s Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation prisoners

The authors explain the key points from their Review of International Studies article.

Indigenous peoples at the heritage–climate change nexus: Examining the effectiveness of UNESCO and the IPCC’s boundary work

Author Pedram Rashidi discusses his new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.

Secular(ised) Christmas in Singapore and the Everyday (re)Production of Modernity/Coloniality

An article about the (un)secularity of Christmas and how it reproduces modernity/coloniality.

Post-growth theories in a global world: A comparative analysis

Author Lorenzo Fioramonti discusses his new Review of International Studies (RIS) article.

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