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Climate Displacement: An Impending Crisis and the Search for Safe Routes
Climate displacement is a multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing issues of international law, cultural rights, meteorological factors...
Aryan Sanghrajka (Guest Writer)
Mar 3, 202518 min read
The Importance of East Asia as a Region for Foreign Policy Decisions in Northeast and Southeast Asia
Possessing the world’s most populated countries and some of the oldest civilizations, Eastern Asia, Northeast, and Southeast Asia have...
Yusra Khan (Staff Writer)
Feb 12, 202515 min read
The Foreign Policy of the New Trump Administration
When you focus on Trump’s foreign policy you will notice that it has protectionism and hawkish views on China as its main tenets. As...

Declan Browne (Staff Writer)
Feb 3, 20257 min read
Who Will Pay for Planet A?
It is getting increasingly tough for poor and developing countries to finance their fight against climate change...
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 10, 20245 min read
Who, Not How: Rethinking Sanctions
The case of North Korea raises critical questions about the effectiveness of sanctions, and how a contextual sanctions approach can lead...
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 10, 202412 min read
Fragmentation and Progress: Understanding the Modern Paradigm in International Relations
While progress is not an inevitable function of the arrow of time, International Relations is becoming increasingly dependent on the idea...
Ishaan Pandey (Guest Writer)
Dec 9, 20245 min read


Rice & Wagyu: An Interview with Former Second Secretary Rosanne Costin on Trade and Diplomacy
Listen to the audio on Spotify *The transcript has been edited for readability Hosted by Samuel Lee and Declan Browne. Special thanks to...
Samuel Lee, Declan Browne, Rosanne Costin, & Raphael Dillon
Dec 9, 202423 min read
Do Sun Tzu's Insights Help Us to Understand the Contemporary Military Strategy of Great Powers?
Sun Tzu’s paradox that ‘preserving the enemy's state is best,’ initially seems far removed from US military strategy often characterised...
Sofia Waas (Guest Writer)
Dec 4, 20249 min read


Solidarist and Pluralist Tensions: Defining Human Rights in the English School of International Relations
"UN peacekeepers from Indonesia patrol the streets of Phnom Penh in an armoured personnel carrier on August 27, 1993, amid the morning...

Samuel Lee (Staff Writer)
Dec 2, 20246 min read


The Korean War and China's Cold War Calculations: National Security, Ideology, and Diplomacy
"North Korean soldiers stage a battle drill" by KCNA The Korean War and China’s involvement stands as a significant flashpoint in Cold...

Samuel Lee (Staff Writer)
Dec 2, 202410 min read


The Paradox of Nationalism: Contributing to Order and Chaos in Global Politics (China vs USA)
"Aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, 2024" by Evan Vucci (Associated Press) "Xi Jinping waits to meet with Hong...

Samuel Lee (Staff Writer)
Dec 2, 202413 min read
Decolonization in the Twentieth Century: Reshaping Global Order and Cultural Identities
This essay examines how decolonization in the twentieth century reshaped the global order and the international system.

Declan Browne (Staff Writer)
Nov 29, 20247 min read
Financialization and the Transformation of the Global Economy
Financialization has transformed the global economy in profound ways. But how did this process begin?

Declan Browne (Staff Writer)
Nov 29, 20246 min read
Unveiling the Ineffectiveness: The Global War on Terror's Counterproductive Counterterrorism Policies
This paper will argue that the counter terrorism policies enacted during the Global War on Terror have been largely unsuccessful.

Declan Browne (Staff Writer)
Nov 24, 202413 min read
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