Features

Review – Base Towns

Andrew Szarejko • Apr 2 2025 • Features

Kim sheds light on how anti-base activism in Korea and Japan disrupts U.S. basing politics, urging us to value the lives of those living near bases.

Interview – David Galbreath

E-International Relations • Apr 1 2025 • Features

David Galbreath examines the impact of technology on warfare, the future of NATO, European defense challenges, and the shifting focus of U.S. strategic priorities.

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E-International Relations • Mar 29 2025 • Features

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Interview – Amitav Acharya

E-International Relations • Mar 22 2025 • Features

Acharya challenges Eurocentric IR by tracing the roots of world order to diverse civilisations, urging a shift toward a truly global, inclusive, and multiplex perspective.

Review Feature – The Drivers of Russian Imperialism and War Against Ukraine

Taras Kuzio • Mar 22 2025 • Features

The two books in this feature evaluate the drivers of the Russia-Ukraine war, whilst differing on the significance of history for contemporary analyses of the war.

Review – Memory Makers

Oleksa Drachewych • Mar 15 2025 • Features

McGlynn’s timely book expertly unpacks Putin’s use of history to shape narratives but offers limited post-2022 analysis and only briefly explores global parallels.

Interview – Gerardo L. Munck

E-International Relations • Mar 15 2025 • Features

Gerardo Munck explores global political history, democracy-capitalism tensions, and Latin America’s role in shaping political thought beyond Eurocentric theories.

Interview – Barry Buzan

E-International Relations • Mar 7 2025 • Features

Barry Buzan explores the evolution of IR, bridging history, theory, and interdisciplinary perspectives to rethink global order beyond Western-centric paradigms.

Review – The Twilight Struggle

Lake Preston-Self • Mar 7 2025 • Features

Brands offers sharp Cold War insights but leans to US centrism, overlooking Global South impacts and alternative perspectives into great-power rivalry.

Review – Confronting China

Timothy R. Heath • Mar 1 2025 • Features

Confronting China offers sharp policy insights but leans too heavily on military competition, overlooking key economic and political factors in US-China rivalry.

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