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China’s rise is often cited as proof that neoliberal globalization delivers development. In reality, it reveals the limits of a global order that generates growth while…
Leesa Gazi and Jaqy Mutere examine how justice for conflict-related sexual violence fails survivors and argue that only survivor-led systems can deliver meaningful accountability…
Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene explores the credibility of Pan-Africanism as a governing principle in an era of geopolitical fragmentation.
In his 1966 speech at the inauguration of…
Les Coleman argues that the drop in G20 leaders' attendance at recent climate COPs reflects a broader collapse in political confidence in the climate narrative. Political drivers…
Disability Inclusion in Humanitarian Crises: Robust Human Rights Norms? by Carolin Funke and Dennis Dijkzeul. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. 139 pp., Open Access and £34.…
Shahreer Zahan explores how attention to how the blending of computational and bounded rationality can amplify value creation for students and communities.
A promising…
Ann-Kristin Becker and Ina Sieberichs analyze the outcomes of COP30 regarding climate finance. They argue that without a binding definition of additionality and a rebalancing…
This essay argues that America’s strategic retrenchment, made explicit in NSS-2025, has opened a narrow but significant window in which Europe and China—if they act with foresight…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama reveal how over 2025 China–Indonesia educational ties were quietly rewired through a multitude of low-visibility decisions.…
Josh Grignon and Olivia Caruso argue that governments celebrate rapid disaster recovery because it is visible, immediate, and politically rewarding, yet these responses are also…
Ilan Manor argues that there is a tight window for governments, academics, and tech companies to collaborate and address the emerging threat posed by AI companions.
The…
Mohsen Solhdoost argues that the Islamic Republic’s internal apartheid logics have hollowed out Iran’s resilience and deterrence, making it unusually penetrable for adversaries…
Theresa Ofure Ogbekhiulu's research shows why students view decolonising as a practical pathway to achieving greater inclusion within higher education institutions. This is a…
Hakan Altinay calls for us to revisit global traditions in which homo economicus is replaced with long held notions of humanity's interdependence and interconnectedness. …
Aoife O’Donoghue, Ruth Houghton and Cher Weixia Chen introduce a new handbook: Research Handbook on Global Governance (Edward Elgar 2025) ISBN: 978 1 78990 632 5. …