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Sexual violence in conflict is a continuation or escalation of gendered violence towards women and men in peacetime – much of which takes place inside the home.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/08/sexual-violence-and-war/

The global system incorporates human rights in ways that go beyond merely aspirational, gradually challenging the once absolute monopoly on sovereignty held by states.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/08/human-rights-and-sovereignty/

The International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, is the only permanent international court adjudicating on the criminal responsibility of individuals.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/07/from-war-crimes-to-the-international-criminal-court/

During the course of Trump's trade war, both sides suffered significant losses in their bilateral export volumes with higher prices hurting consumers.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/06/the-us-china-trade-war/

The Internet Research Agency was a key agent in a Russian disinformation campaign that targeted American voters in the 2016 presidential election.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/05/russias-internet-research-agency-and-cyberwarfare/

Today, rather than Southern countries vying to host global organisations as Nairobi did, we are witnessing a strengthening and growth of ‘Southern’ international organisations.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/05/the-united-nations-environment-programme-in-nairobi-kenya/

Marxists believe that war is a tool utilised by capitalists to ensure their power persists, whilst poststructuralists underline the ‘us’ and ‘them’ hypocrisy in warfare debates.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/05/marxism-poststructuralism-and-warfare/

Trump manifested an environmental sceptic’s view, meaning that he did not seem to believe that climate change was worth his attention, or his state’s actions.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/04/donald-trump-and-climate-denial/

The gaps and divisions created by the Covid-19 pandemic have profoundly affected international relations because everything about its origins, spread and aftermath has been contentious.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/04/global-health-beyond-covid-19/

Why is it common to perceive tanks crossing borders as a greater problem than large-scale loss of life due to guns in the United States, especially amongst schoolchildren and Black civilians?

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/02/gun-violence-in-the-united-states/

Whereas most coverage of the United Nations paints it as a well-intentioned organisation, critical theories such as postcolonialism and feminism offer a more nuanced take.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/02/postcolonialism-feminism-and-the-united-nations/

Indigenous organising of this depth and magnitude challenges the norms and practices of state sovereignty.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/01/the-first-continental-conference-on-five-hundred-years-of-indigenous-resistance/

Despite more than two decades of efforts to reduce poverty, levels of inequality in South Africa rank amongst the world’s most extreme.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/12/01/south-africas-cycle-of-poverty/

Constructivists see organisations like the United Nations as places where they can study the emergence of new norms and examine the activities of those who are spreading new ideas.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/30/constructivism-and-the-united-nations/

Involuntarily celibates (incels) proclaim that feminism has ruined the world such that they are unable to get what they’re entitled to – status and power through sexual relationships with wo...

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/30/are-incels-transnational-terrorists/

Mining activities enable the production of many of our most prized and important possessions – such as smartphones. However, they also have environmental impacts.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/29/governing-extraction/

The claims of states in the Global North to be promoting LGBTQ+ rights around the world can serve to mask those same states’ violations of the rights of LGBTQ+ people from the Global South.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/28/sexuality-and-borders/

Some evidence is emerging that the Belt and Road Initiative more reflects the kind of one-way, or exploitative, trade relationships that it ostensibly set out to differentiate itself from.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/28/images-of-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/

Understandings of culture can help us better understand attempts to study Kim Jong-Un’s character via physiognomic readings, which are widely practised in South Korea.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/27/reading-kim-jong-uns-face/

The migrant crisis in Venezuela shows how large-scale population movements change destinations depending on global and societal contexts at a given time.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/27/the-venezuelan-exodus/

Damming is a controversial issue as it can lead to communities losing their land, and cause a series of environmental impacts that affect ecosystems.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/26/mega-dams-and-the-narmada-river/

Greta Thunberg’s example is a testament to the impact one person’s voice can have in the vastness of the global system.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/26/greta-thunberg-and-climate-activism/

The Valladolid debates reflect the logic behind many recent justifications for humanitarian intervention to protect people from harm, such with the Responsibility to Protect.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/25/the-valladolid-debate/

In 2017, Xi Jinping’s presence at Davos represented the first time a Chinese head of state attended, and the themes in his keynote suggested a different place for China in the international or...

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/24/xi-jinping-at-davos/

The goal of abolishing the death penalty is a contemporary example of how initiatives backed by civil society organisations can have lasting impact.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/23/the-death-penalty-and-human-rights-activism/

Realists and liberals are divided when it comes to understanding why war exists, and what can be done about it.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/22/realism-liberalism-and-war/

Approximately half the world’s states now recognise Kosovo – yet, despite this, Kosovo is still not a member state of the United Nations.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/22/the-question-of-kosovos-sovereignty/

Even when agreements fall apart, such as between the US and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme, they can leave lasting effects that form a basis for future negotiations.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/21/the-trump-administrations-withdrawal-from-the-jcpoa/

The quest to regulate nuclear weapons gives us one possible answer to the question of why there has not been a third world war.

https://www.e-ir.info/2023/11/21/regulating-nuclear-weapons/

International Political Economy (IPE) studies the reciprocal relationship between politics and economics in the global system. It explores areas such as trade, production and finance and their i...

https://www.e-ir.info/2022/08/19/international-political-economy/