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Global politics of cultural heritage: Status, authority, and geopolitics
Elif Kalaycioglu and Jelena Subotić discuss their RIS article and the special issue it introduces.
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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.
Analysis
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.
Analysis
Neoclassical realist theory of populist foreign policy
Gustav Meibauer discusses the key points from his new RIS article.
News
#BISA2026 War Studies Working Group keynote announced – Waging war, making peace
The War Studies Working Group keynote at #BISA2026 will be a roundtable chaired by Michael Cox.
Working group
BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network (UGN)
This Undergraduate Network from the British International Studies Association (BISA) and the Brit
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Book talk: The National Interest - A new basis for international cooperation in the 21st Century
Join us for a virtual book talk with author Philip Cunliffe on his book.
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Climate negotiation simulation 2025
An annual student experience event designed to raise awareness of the politics of climate change.
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Analysis
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.
Analysis
Legitimising international orders: The symbolic dimension of surrender
Alexandros Koutsoukis discusses the key points from his new RIS article with the video abstract.
Event
Post-Assad Syria and the Gulf States: reflections on the past year
The ISMMEA Working Group will be joined by Anoushiravan Ehteshami for a talk on Post-Assad Syria and the Gulf States.
Event
Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination
Join author Carl Death and others for a roundtable on questions his new book African Climate Futures poses.
Analysis
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.
Analysis
States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society
Peter Newell discusses his new book on governing the environment and transforming society.
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US Foreign Policy
The US Foreign Policy working group promotes the study, research and teaching of US foreign
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IR career starters - December 2025
Over 300 internships, traineeships, fellowships and entry-level positions in IR.
Event
Efforts to end the Israel-Palestine conflict
Join the SPP Working Group for a webinar on peace and Israel-Palestine conflict.
Analysis
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.
Analysis
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.
Analysis
In discussion: Andrew Dorman
We talk to Andrew Dorman, a new BISA trustee, to get to know him a little better.
Event
Teaching ethics in dark times
Join the Ethics and World Politics Working Group for their virtual workshop.
Analysis
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.
Analysis
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.
News
An update from the European Journal of International Security
Our journal brings you updates on new articles and special section papers.
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A festive message from BISA Chair, Juanita Elias
BISA Chair, Juanita Elias, addresses and thanks members before the winter break begins.
News
Meet the new Foreign Policy Working Group conveners
The Foreign Policy Working Group introduce new conveners, making up the team for the next two years.
News
Take Five - 28 November 2025
Eve Harrison-Taylor gives you a rundown of the 5 best IR podcasts and articles this fortnight.
News
A festive message from BISA Chair, Kyle Grayson
BISA Chair, Kyle Grayson, addresses and thanks members before the winter break begins.
Event
POSTPONED: The politics of digital money: cryptocurrencies and the future of the euro
Join the ISET Working Group for a virtual discussion
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