Here’s your digest of all the published pieces on E-International Relations over the last two weeks. This newsletter, and all of our content, will always be free – and everything we publish is facilitated by our all-volunteer team. If you are able to support our work you can sign up for the paid tier if you have not yet done so.
FIFA, the 2026 World Cup, and the Politics of Involuntary Sportswashing
– Franco Laguna Correa
Why the Original Thucydides Trap Fails the Taiwan Strait Crisis
– Jinghao Zhou
Interview – Niharika Pandit
Can Iran and the United States Overcome the Deadlock of Red Lines?
– Abed Akbari
Interview – Brent J. Steele
Review – Westlessness: The Great Global Rebalancing
– Khulan Bud
ESG and the Rise of Regulatory Substitution in Africa
– Christopher Burke
Theory Will Not Decolonize: Material Decolonization in IR Knowledge Production
– Min Young Park
Interview – Mark Ellis
India’s Nationalist Rhetoric Threatens Bangladesh’s Water Security
– Shafi Md Mostofa
Traditional Knowledge and its Role within the BBNJ Agreement
– Piyumani Ranasinghe
Thinking Global presented highlights of all three days of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2026 in Brighton. Stay tuned, we have more to come next week.
E-IR x BISA 2026 – Day 1
E-IR x BISA 2026 – Day 2
E-IR x BISA 2026 – Day 3
