Christmas at the ISN
The ISN is currently on its Christmas vacation. For the week commencing the 26th December we will be publishing an assortment of ISN Insights and partner content. The ISN’s Editorial Plan will return...
View ArticleRawls and International Law
With our Editorial Plan discussing changing international norms and laws over the next two weeks, it is worth remembering that this discussion serves the wider purpose of helping to illustrate the...
View ArticleUS-India Relations: Pivot Problems
There is a conundrum at the heart of the Obama administration’s “pivot” toward Asia, at least as it relates to India. The US is eager to extricate itself from military conflicts in the Greater Middle...
View ArticleTurkey at the Crossroads (Literally)
By Stewart M. Patrick for the Council on Foreign Relations. When it comes to “rising powers,” the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and especially China—tend to get the most press. But there’s...
View ArticleOut of the Classroom and Onto the Web
The Internet and Web 2.0 have enabled students to gain greater and quicker access to ‘International Relations’ (IR) education. Books, courses and information on universities and scholarships are easily...
View ArticleThe Experts’ IR Roundup in Zurich – Part 2
Our colleagues at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) recently hosted the “Security and Resources” module of their Master of Advanced Studies in Security Policy and Crisis Management program....
View ArticleFriendless China
HONG KONG – At a time when China’s territorial assertiveness has strained its ties with many countries in the region, and its once-tight hold on Myanmar has weakened, its deteriorating relationship...
View ArticleRegional Organizations (ROs) and Security
The following blog features five questions we recently posed to the CSS’s Stephen Aris, who is the co-editor of Regional Organisations and Security: Conceptions and Practices. The emergence of...
View ArticleThe Modi Moment for China and India?
This article was originally published June 20, 2014 by Harvard International Review. When former Indian National Congress (INC) Minister of State Jairam Ramesh coined the term ‘Chindia’ he envisaged a...
View ArticleIR Theory: Problem-Solving Theory Versus Critical Theory?
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 19 September 2014. Robert Cox began his canonical 1981 essay “Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International...
View ArticleThe Cold War Offset Strategy: Origins and Relevance
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 6 November, 2014. Mark Twain reportedly quipped that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. For students of Cold War history,...
View ArticleReview – Leo Strauss: Man of Peace
This book review was originally published by E-International Relations on 7 December, 2014. Leo Strauss: Man of Peace by Robert Howse, NYU School of Law: New York To begin, I must emphasize the extent...
View ArticleThe “Emotional” Amoral Egoism of States
This article was originally published by The Montréal Review in May 2015. Introduction In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte, at the heights of his power, set out for the most adventurous, and ultimately fatal,...
View ArticleA Balanced Perception of Religion in International Relations
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 9 July 2015. In the ongoing discourse on constructing the world order many new but also “new-old” approaches are being developed....
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and Pakistan’s Evolving Alliance
This article was originally published by The National Interest on November 19, 2015. In early November, Pakistan’s chief of army staff, General Raheel Sharif, made an important visit to Saudi Arabia....
View ArticleInterview – Michael Hardt
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 11 November, 2015. Michael Hardt is a political philosopher and literary theorist based at Duke University and the European...
View ArticleWhat (else) to Expect in Africa in 2016?
This article was originally published by ISS Africa on 12 January 2016. Africa starts the New Year with many burning issues that escalated in 2015 and need urgent action. The crisis in Burundi, where...
View ArticleThe “Emotional” Amoral Egoism of States
This article was originally published by The Montréal Review. Introduction In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte, at the heights of his power, set out for the most adventurous, and ultimately fatal, military...
View ArticleInterview – Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
This interview was originally published by E-International Relations on 28 March 2016. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is the Silver Professor of Politics at New York University, director of NYU’s Alexander...
View ArticleInterview – Amitav Acharya
This article was originally published by E-International Relations on 15 April 2016. Professor Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Professor of...
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