Thinking Global

Megan MacKenzie (Simon Fraser University - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SFU) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Military Sexual Violence (MSV) and her new book Good Soldiers Don't Rape, available from Cambridge University Press. Professor MacKenzie chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Abigail about what Military Sexual Violence is, exploring sexual violence in conflict through a gendered lens, how military exceptionalism links to MSV, media coverage of MSV globally, the ethics and methodology of collecting data and reporting on MSV, and finally why soldiers swap illicit images. Alongside this, check out Prof. MacKenzie's article 'Why Do Soldiers Swap Illicit Pictures?'. To register for the first E-International Relations Live Event, click HERE. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.

Dov Waxman (University of California, Los Angeles - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DovWaxman) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The ongoing Israel-Hamas War. Prof. Waxman speaks with Kieran and Edward about what has occurred in Israel and Gaza since the morning of October 7th, whether we should consider this a Third Intifada, if this will lead to a new generation of Palestinian refugees in the region, the extent to which the recent Israeli judicial crisis and increased numbers of settlers in the West Bank are chief causal factors of the conflict, how for the IDF may go and their strategy in the coming days, questions about Israeli intelligence failures, the international reaction, and the likely outcome of the conflict. Prof. Waxman's book 'The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®' can be purchased from Oxford University Press. This interview was recorded between 9-9:40pm (GMT) on the 8th of October 2023. 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 content produced by the voluntary editorial team at E-International Relations, please consider a donation.

This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah) and Edward Curry (@edwarddcurry5) - two of the E-International Relations and Thinking Global team- chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they have been reading recently. Thinking Global is now recruiting for Podcast Editorial Assistants - If you would like to apply, click HERE. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and TikTok for exclusive content! Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for student and scholars of international politics.

Kosuke Shimizu (Ryukoku University, Kyoto - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@caatc105) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the Kyoto School and 'Non-Western' International Relations. With Kieran and Edoardo, Professor Shimizu explores how we can cast 'non-western' International Relations, how the Kyoto School of philosophy can help us think about global politics, the concept of 'relationality,' and the manner in which 'non-western' International Relations thinking intersects with certain methodological questions. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.

Sarrah Kassem (University of Tübingen - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@KassemSarrah) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the global politics of the platform economy. Dr. Kassem chats with Kieran about what the platform economy is, how the politics of such an economy is global, the alienation experienced by Amazon workers globally, and the manner in which platform workers hold both power and agency on the global level. Dr. Kassem's book 'Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy' can be purchased from Bristol University Press. Alongside this, check out Sarrah's article for E-International Relations 'The Global Geographies of the Platform Economy'. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.

Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez (University of Warwick - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@xmpalmax) speaks with the Thinking Global team about migration and displacement in South America. Palma-Gutiérrez discusses with Kieran and Daniel the causes and effects of migration from Venezuela, how those states along the Andes are changing their perception and policy towards migration, how such policy is different to that of EU states, and the role of international institutions in the global migration crisis. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.

Mohammed Abdul Rahman Baharoon (Director General, Dubai Public Policy Research Centre - ⁠@MABaharoon) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the quantum politics of the Middle East. Baharoon discusses what he means by 'quantum politics', whilst exploring Arab-Israeli and Arab-Iranian relations, alongside the role of China, The BRICS broadly, and the effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on the region. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.