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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. …
Arafatur Rahaman argues that the policy represents an inflection point, rendering it a necessity for South Asian states to reconsider their export-import strategy, trade diplomacy…
Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene argues that Africa must choose between fragmented dependency or sovereign cooperation.
As African countries consolidate post pandemic gains as…
Alasdair Gordon-Gibson questions the relevance of universal principles to communities in crisis and presents the concept of voluntary ‘praxis’ as a more functional expression of…
Abdur Rehman Cheema argues that Pakistan must prioritise a shift from elite-centric power arrangements toward deep, structural domestic reforms.
On 12 November 2025, Pakistan…
Picture the year 2030. US President JD Vance is in the White House, AI has reshaped labour markets, and climate shocks are harder to ignore. In that setting, what sort of global…
Yu Xiong argues that we’re seeing the same lethal combination of overvaluation, overdependence, and under-regulation that toppled the financial system in 2008, but there are…
Paola Vargas-Arana argues that census designers should recognise categories as political artefacts rather than technical facts, and commit to historical accountability in how they…
Amidst geopolitical rifts, a string of high-level meetings over the next weeks provides Europe an opportunity to resolve its struggle to find footing on the global stage. While…
Andrew Cooper, University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, is in Johannesburg for the G20 Summit, November 22-23, 2025.
US President Trump has cast a profound…
Andrew Cooper, University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, is in Johannesburg for the G20 Summit.
I was prepared to be extremely gloomy about the South African…