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Hybrid Threats in Europe: Zersetzung Writ Large

Hybrid Threats in Europe: Zersetzung Writ Large

No firewall can save a democracy. As Robert Schuett argues, we must…

China’s World-Making Moment: A Strategic Opening Amid the Ukraine Crisis

China’s World-Making Moment: A Strategic Opening Amid the Ukraine Crisis

Jianyong Yue argues that Trump’s return to the White House offers…

Rebuilding Legitimacy for Global Governance: The Case for a New Independent Commission

Rebuilding Legitimacy for Global Governance: The Case for a New Independent Commission

The global landscape of development cooperation is fracturing. The…

Humanitarian Connectivity in Crisis

Humanitarian Connectivity in Crisis

Aaron Martin and Quito Tsui on the risks of an unprepared…

A Fraction of What We Pay in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Fund a Just Transition

A Fraction of What We Pay in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Fund a Just Transition

Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies must be tied to new subsidies that…

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Side Payments in World Politics: Theory and Practice

Side Payments in World Politics: Theory and Practice

Scholars of world politics frequently highlight the importance of…

Feeling overlooked: A rural–urban divide in recognition

Feeling overlooked: A rural–urban divide in recognition

The farmers' protests sweeping across Europe during the early month…

Minimalist economic management, deferred revenue regime and aid dependency: Explaining contradictory post-war statebuilding aims

Minimalist economic management, deferred revenue regime and aid dependency: Explaining contradictory post-war statebuilding aims

The paper analyses a contradiction in the liberal approach to post-…

Will the poverty-related UN Sustainable Development Goals be met? New projections

Will the poverty-related UN Sustainable Development Goals be met? New projections

In this paper, we discuss the literature and consider the historical…

How to constitute global citizens' forums: Key selection principles

How to constitute global citizens' forums: Key selection principles

Once imagined as a theoretical possibility, global citizen…

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Metatechnological Mapping and the Ye Wenjie Effect: Mitigating Civilizational Vulnerabilities

Metatechnological Mapping and the Ye Wenjie Effect: Mitigating Civilizational Vulnerabilities

In a widely cited study in this Journal, Nick Bostrom has posed the…

Fit for purpose? Just Energy Transition Partnerships and accountability in international climate governance

Fit for purpose? Just Energy Transition Partnerships and accountability in international climate governance

This contribution examines whether just energy transition…

Informality and the governance dilemma: How institutional inter-linkages can bridge accountability gaps

Informality and the governance dilemma: How institutional inter-linkages can bridge accountability gaps

States have increasingly relied on informal international…

A fairer and more resilient multilateral trading system will require a reinvigorated WTO

A fairer and more resilient multilateral trading system will require a reinvigorated WTO

The multilateral trading system, first established formally in 1947…

Populism à la Carte: The paradoxical political communication of Narendra Modi on Twitter

Populism à la Carte: The paradoxical political communication of Narendra Modi on Twitter

How and where is democracy ‘hacked’? Studies examining the…

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Against data individualism: Why a pandemic accord needs to commit to data solidarity

Against data individualism: Why a pandemic accord needs to commit to data solidarity

An accord to increase global pandemic preparedness is currently…

Mañana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America

Mañana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America

This commentary concerns the significant opportunities which the…

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: What are the Benefits for SMEs?

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: What are the Benefits for SMEs?

Extended reality (XR) has the potential to be a game‐changer for SMEs…

The US National Security Strategy: Competing for Supremacy in a Multipolar World with a Unipolar Strategy

The US National Security Strategy: Competing for Supremacy in a Multipolar World with a Unipolar Strategy

Thirty years after becoming a hegemonic power, the United States of…

Behavioural Economics and International Development

Adam Smith is one the founding fathers of modern economics. It is…

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Volume 16, Issue 2, May 2025

Volume 16, Issue 2, May 2025

The May 2025 issue includes research articles on, among others, China's investment in the EU, side payments in world politics and global labour governance. There are policy analyses on Iran and Israel, the Belt and Road Initiative, Safe and Healthy Digital Environments for Children and Systems Thinking. 

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Online Conference - The European Union in an Illiberal World

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Building on themes in a recent special issue of GP, this 3rd June online conference seeks to examine the very varied issues facing the international community and the European Union in particular in this new illiberal world.

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Podcasts - Politics in the Rearview Mirror

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The podcast of the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA) at Durham University. Drawing on the wide range of expertise of our academics and students, this podcast sets current affairs into context and explores the politics behind the news. 

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GP Opinion

America’s Cold Wars: Why China is not the USSR
Conflict and security

America’s Cold Wars: Why China is not the USSR

Alfredo Toro Hardy - 06 Jun 2025
Toro Hardy compares the utterly different strengths shown by China and the late…
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Beyond Access: Examining Black Doctoral Scholarships in UK Academia
Health and social policy

Beyond Access: Examining Black Doctoral Scholarships in UK Academia

Dorcas Fakile and Taylar Carty - 05 Jun 2025
This is the eighth chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'Decolonial…
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China’s World-Making Moment: A Strategic Opening Amid the Ukraine Crisis
Global governance

China’s World-Making Moment: A Strategic Opening Amid the Ukraine Crisis

Jianyong Yue - 04 Jun 2025
Jianyong Yue argues that Trump’s return to the White House offers China a…
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