Thinking Global

George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in part one of a two-part series. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on conceptualising Revolution, the debates within comparative political and sociological studies about revolution, whether history or comparative theory is more significant when thinking about revolution, and what ‘anatomies’ of revolution indicates.

This week we have our first ‘open letter challenge’. What is your favourite international relations theory to read about and why? – the best entry will be read out on next week’s episode. Just email your answers to: [email protected]. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Maria Popova (McGill University - @PopovaProf @mcgillu) and Oxana Shevel  (Tufts University - @OxanaShevel @TuftsPolSci) speak with the Thinking Global team about the conflict and politics between Russia and Ukraine. Professors Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel chat with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) about the factors that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO expansion and ‘westsplaining’, Regime divergence, identity, war fatigue and holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable. Maria and Oxana’s new book Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States (Polity, 2023) is out now. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

Joseph S. Nye Jr. (Harvard Kennedy School - @Kennedy_School) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Theory and more. Prof. Joseph S. Nye. Jr. chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book A Life In The American Century (Polity, 2024), soft power, international relations theory, US Foreign Policy, the current crisis in the Middle East, and the question of US decline. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation⁠.

Simon Curtis (University of Surrey - @UniOfSurrey @SurreyPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the ‘global city’ and international relations. Dr. Simon Curtis chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Romanos (@rmnorph) on conceptualising the ‘global city’, the role of the urban in the global order, why we should focus more on ‘the urban’ in International Relations, China and the Belt and Road Initiative in such a schema, and the future of the global city in a post-pandemic world. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

Genevieve Guenther (End Climate Science, The New School – @DoctorVive) speaks with the Thinking Global Team about COP28, Climate Language, Communication and Misinformation. Dr. Guenther chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on how to conceptualise ‘climate crisis’, COP28, how the media, activists and diplomats communicate and miscommunicate the key facts of the climate crisis, and how climate politics is bound-up with language. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

Jamie Gaskarth (The Open University - @GaskarthJamie) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British Foreign Policy, Brexit, The Commonwealth, David Cameron and William Hague. Prof. Gaskarth chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Romanos (@rmnorph) about defining features of British Foreign Policy, the ‘indo-pacific’ tilt, the status of the Commonwealth following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, what we should expect from David Cameron (@David_Cameron) as Foreign Secretary, the effect of Brexit, and evaluating William Hague (@WilliamJHague) as an ‘activist’ foreign minister. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E- International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

Maurice Stierl (Osnabrück University - @MauriceStierl) speaks with the Thinking Global team about migration and the weaponization of time, borders and migrant solidarity. Dr. Stierl chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about how time can be weaponised, how this relates to EU Maritime Migration Policy, migrant resistance and solidarity, the entanglement of borders, and resistance as method. Additionally, check out Maurice’s article in Security Dialogue: Rebel spirits at sea: Disrupting EUrope’s weaponizing of time in maritime migration governance. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

Giorgio Shani (International Christian University, Tokyo - @GiorgioShani) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Sikh Nationalism and Post-Western IR. Prof. Shani speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about Sikh Nationalism, The Khalistan Movement, tensions between Canada and India concerning Sikh Nationalism, how this is distinct from Hindu Nationalism, and what it is to conceive of a Post-Western IR. Additionally, check out Giorgio's recent article for E International Relations on this topic: The Sikh Diaspora: In The Shadow Of Khalistan. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

Natasha Saunders (University of St. Andrews - @NEGSaunders) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Refugees, Digital Border Technologies and The Violence of Asylum. Dr. Saunders chats with Kieran (⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠) about the distinction between refugee status and asylum, the 'slow violence' of the latter, digital border technologies, current UK policy towards asylum seekers and refugees, and the manner in which resistance manifests to these. Additionally, check out Natasha's article in The European Journal of Political Theory ⁠'Security, digital border technologies, and immigration admissions: Challenges of and to non-discrimination, liberty and equality'. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.

Elena Şimanschi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ESimanschi) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Russian (dis)information on Ukraine. Elena chats with Kieran (⁠@kieranjomeara⁠) and Catharine Damron (@catharinedamron) about what (dis)information is, what its major mechanisms are, how it materialises, its connection with emotion and memory, alongside the findings of her empirical study. Additionally, check out Elena's article in International Affairs 'Fabricating a War? Russian (dis)information on Ukraine.' Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.