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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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Call for nominations to serve on the BISA Executive Committee 2025
We're pleased to announce we have six trustee positions up for election to the Executive Committee.
Analysis
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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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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‘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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Towards a phenomenological ontology of war
Mark Gilks discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
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Local-level peacebuilding: between theory and practice
Join the Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding and Human Rights Working Group for a one day in-person roundtable!
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De-financialising higher education? The student loan ‘crisis’ and debt cancellation policies in Chile
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the fourth session of their financialisation in Latin America webinar series.
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UG event: ethics of drone warfare
Register for a session on drone warfare in International relations specifically catered towards undergraduate students!
Analysis
What do we want? Climate justice!
Dr Guy Jackson discusses different visions of climate justice.
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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.
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Postgraduate Network (PGN) Conference: Emerging knowledge from emerging researchers
The PGN announces our in-person conference at the University of Edinburgh, 8-9 May 2025.
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Subordinate no more? Brazil’s financial strategy in a polarised world
Join the International Political Economy Working Group for the fifth session of their financialisation in Latin America webinar series.
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Astropolitics Working Group annual general meeting
Join the Astropolitics Working Group for their annual general meeting!
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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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Emotions and the right – navigating feeling in the study of populism and reactionary politics
Join the Emotions in Politics and International Relations Working Group for an online roundtable.
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The future of UK-Africa relations
Join the Africa and International Studies Working Group for a joint event with Chatham House.
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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.
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PAIR Methods Summer School 2025
BISA has partnered with the University of Southampton to launch their first Methods Summer School.
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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.
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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.
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French ontological security and the Algerian War
Britt Leake discusses his new RIS article along with the video abstract.
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Call for papers: US Foreign Policy Working Group annual conference
The US Foreign Policy Working Group are seeking submissions for their annual conference.
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Book talk: Iranian Foreign Policy and the Empowerment of Ansar Allah
Join the Foreign Policy Working Group for a book talk on Iranian Foreign Policy!
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Birmingham: The war years
A lunchtime history talk from the War Studies Working Group. Part of the #BISA2024 conference
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Environment and Climate Politics on the Brink: social enterprise visit and working group reception
Join the Environment and Climate Politics Working Group for their visit to 'Brink!' as part of BISA 2025.
Analysis
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.
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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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Early-Career Environment and Climate Politics Paper Prize
A new prize for early-career researchers who present at BISA's main, in-person conference.
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