Why studying the late twentieth century is crucial for understanding IR today
Sam Dixon explores how the discipline of IR changed in the late twentieth century.
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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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Career spotlight: Dr Laura White
Dr Laura White tells us about her post-PhD career path in our careers spotlight series.
Interspecies cosmopolitanism: Non-human power and the grounds of world order in the Anthropocene
Anthony Burke talks to Review of International Studies editor, Martin Coward, about his article.
Snapshots podcast: episode one - Dr Nicholas Thomas
The first episode of the Global Health Working Group's podcast looks at the work of Nicholas Thomas.
Torturous journeys: Cruelty, international law, and pushbacks and pullbacks over the Mediterranean Sea
Watch Jamal Barnes discuss the key takeaways from his article in Review of International Studies.
The politics of (non-)knowledge at Europe's borders: Errors, fakes, and subjectivity
Claudia Aradau and Sarah Perret summarise the key points from their RIS article.
EJIS conversations - Decolonising war
We talk to Tarak Barkawi about his popular European Journal of International Security article.
Taking part in Model NATO - A case study
We talk to student delegate Becci Dugdale (Westminster) about her experience at Model NATO 2022.
Beyond formal powers: Understanding the African Union's authority on the ground
Antonia Witt discusses the key points from her RIS article on International Organisations (IO).
The Military Ties Between African Ruling Parties and North Korea
Focus of this blog is military ties between southern African liberation movements and North Korea.
The Art of Forgetting: Art and Peacebuilding in Moldova and Transnistria
Discusses art, political engagement, and peacebuiliding in Moldova and Transnistria
Agonistic peace agreements? Analytical tools and dilemmas
Watch Lisa Strömbom, Isabel Bramsen and Anne Lene Stein give a short summary of their RIS article.
Materialities of inequality and the epistemic potential of SEE
A reflection on the epistemic potential of South East Europe.
Doing epistemic decolonisation in Bosnia: Peripheral selves
A reflection on the possibilities of decolonisation within scholarship on South East.
Academic knowledge production in ‘home’ institutions: a call for material positionality in research on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Part of the blog series showcasing contributions from BISA 2021.
Where the material and the symbolic intertwine: Making sense of the Amazon in the Anthropocene
Watch Joana Castro Pereira discuss her latest article with co-author Maria Fernanda Gebara in RIS.
Russian rekindling of the Great Patriotic War
Jade McGlynn discusses use of media and parallels between current events and the Great Patriotic War
Empire, exceptionalism, and the rhyming of history
Kevork Oskanian (Exeter) discusses Russian exceptionalism and whether history might repeat itself.
Ukraine and the Responsibility to Protect: the consequences for the vulnerable (and the not yet vulnerable) should be front and centre of our reasoning
Jason Ralph discusses the importance of conscientious reflection on the consequences of action.
Dissenting at the United Nations: Interaction orders and Venezuelan contestation practices (2015–16)
Mélanie Albaret and Élodie Brun discuss their new article from Review of International Studies.
Ukraine invasion: why China is more likely to support Russia than in the past
Russian and Eurasian Security Working Group conveners Natasha Kuhrt and Marcin Kaczmarski discuss.
The latest in IR - winter book round up
Each quarter we bring you updates on the latest book releases from BISA members.
Poverty is not ‘another culture’: Against a right of children to work to live
Heloise Weber and Aliya Abbasi discuss their new article in Review of International Studies (RIS).
Imagining International Relations theory differently
A new video from Professor Ilan Zvi Baron's BISA-sponsored learning and teaching project is now live
The intellectual and institutional challenges for International Political Economy in the UK: Findings from Practitioner Survey Data
Alex Nunn and Stuart Shields discuss the key points from their article in BISA journal RIS.
EJIS conversations - Drones, Afghanistan, and beyond: Towards analysis and assessment in context
In the latest EJIS conversation James Michael Page and John Williams discuss their article on drones
Recrafting ontology
Tamara Trownsell discusses key points from her new article in Review of International Studies.
Narrating reproductive justice: feminist imaginaries, solidarity and change
Hannah Partis-Jennings discusses her BISA-sponsored research into reproductive justice.
The non-anthropocentric informational agents: Codes, software, and the logic of emergence in cybersecurity
Watch Noran Shafik Fouad discuss her latest article in BISA journal Review of International Studies.
What does increased global displacement mean for the global system of nation states?
Gemma Bird discusses research funded by a BISA Early-Career Small Research Grant on Samos, Greece.
EJIS conversations: Operational experiences, military role conceptions, and their influence on civil-military relations
Christoph Harig, Nicole Jenne, Chiara Ruffa discuss their introduction to the EJIS special issue.
The international politics of truth: C. Wright Mills and the sociology of the international
Bryan Mabee discusses key points from his new article in Review of International Studies.
Counter-populist performances of (in)security: Feminist resistance in the face of right-wing populism in Poland
Bohdana Kurylo discusses key points from her new article in Review of International Studies (RIS).
Doing IR differently: relational cosmologies around the world
Catch up on this recent event from TUI, including several Review of International Studies authors.
IPEG 2021 Book Prize winner announced
The winner of the 2021 IPEG Book prize for best IPE book published in 2020 has been announced.
‘This is not who we are’: Gendered bordering practices, ontological insecurity, and lines of continuity under the Trump presidency
Christine Agius speaks to Juliet Dryden about her latest Review of International Studies article.
Event catch up - Methods in Critical Terrorism Studies
Missed out on our 'Methods in Critical Terrorism Studies' event? Catch up on demand here.
Provincialising International Relations through a reading of dharma
Giorgio Shani and Navnita Chadha Behera speak to Juliet Dryden about their special issue RIS article
COP26: A decade of decision
Richard Beardsworth takes us through his thoughts on the recent COP26, and the immediate actions.
The latest in IR - autumn book round up
Each quarter we be bring you updates on the latest releases by BISA members.
How (and why) state leaders signalled status in virtual meetings during the Covid-19 pandemic
August Danielson and Elsa Hedling discuss the key points from their new RIS article.
What is radical Islam?
Zaheer Kazmi discusses the key points from his RIS article on Radical Islam in the Western Academy.
EJIS conversations - Publishing with EJIS
Jacqui True discusses what the journal is looking for, a special collection on gender, and more.
#BISA2021 event recordings - watch back now
Missed out on our 2021 annual conference? Watch back some of the key events at your leisure.
Expectations for COP26 - Matthew Peterson and Caroline Kuzemko
Before COP26 begins, RIS editor Mat asks Caroline about benchmarking, net zero, COP mania and more.
Pushing resistance theory in IR beyond ‘opposition’: The constructive resistance of the #MeToo movement in Japan
Mona Lilja discusses the key points from her article in BISA journal Review of International Studies
Human rights and regional integration in West Africa: a discourse on the ECOWAS Community Court
Catch up on this fascinating lecture with Right Honourable Mojeed Alabi, Kurt Mills and Peter Brett.
EJIS conversations: Post-Western IR and its relationship to security studies
In the first of an exciting new discussion series, Jason Ralph talks to Navnita Chadha Behera.