The E-International Relations Newsletter
30 May 2025
Here’s your digest of the publications on E-International Relations over the past fortnight. This newsletter, and all of our content, will always be free. If you are able to support our work you can sign up for the paid tier if you have not yet done so.
The Dangers of AI Hype
– Ilan Manor
Review – Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine
– Jakob Hauter
Chagos Deal Is Done: Sovereignty Is Returned to Mauritius
– Peter Clegg
Interview – Melissa Conley Tyler
Asia’s Strongmen, Their Falls and Possible Comeback
– Mia Mahmudur Rahim
Democratic Recalibration? Highlighting the Post-Strongman Landscape in Contemporary Asia
– Mia Mahmudur Rahim
The Good Dictator? Mohammed bin Salman’s Quest to Balance Progress and Repression
– Mohammad Javad Mousavizadeh
Examining the Conditions for Durable Peace in Ukraine
– Abhishank Mishra
Sliding the Security Zip Line: An Igniting of the India–Pakistan Crisis?
– Ido Gadi Raz
Beyond the West: Civilizational Narratives and the Struggle for a New Global Order
– Ahmet Erdi Öztürk and Umut Can Adisonmez
Interview – Selina Ho
Who Owns the Body in a Crisis? Between Humanitarian Aid and Political Ideology
– Sophie Domres
Could Trump and Putin Solve the Cyprus Conflict?
– William Mallinson
Do Leader Visits Still Matter? Reflections on a Remarkable Week in Global Diplomacy
– Ali Balcı
Governmentality and Digital Power: A Foucauldian Analysis of Pakistan’s PECA
– Syed Muhammad Mehd
The Prospects for Another War in Tigray
– Worku Aberra
The Case for a New Armenian Armed Forces Doctrine
– Jack Dulgarian
Brazil’s Multilateral Trajectory and the Challenges the Crisis of Multilateralism Poses to the Global South
– Rafael R. Ioris
The Return of Culture in Democracies
– Ajay Gudavarthy
Philippines at the Crossroads: 2025 Midterm Elections and the Battle of Dynasties
– Rishab Rathi
Threat Perception, Competition and the Quest for Hegemony in China-India Relations
– Fatih Beyaz
Something from our bookshelf, Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights, edited by Jasmin Lilian Diab, brings together a diverse range of contributors to offer interdisciplinary perspectives on developments across the forced migration sphere – including reflections on international migration and refugee law, global health, border management, illegal migration, and intersectional migration experiences.
Read it free on E-International Relations or pick up a copy in any good book store.
