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Redesigning Global Governance from Below: A Call to Action for IR Scholars
– Saghar Shahidi-Birjandian and Yatana Yamahata
The Grey Rhino: Strategic Neglect and the Collapse of Energy Security
– Mordechai Chaziza and Roie Yellinek
Crisis as Politics: Political Discourse and Strategic Transformation in Contemporary Democracies
– Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
What the Iran War Vindicates about Clausewitz
– Andrew Latham
Hong Kong’s National Security Education: From ‘Asia’s World City’ to a Sinocentric Node
– Ho-yeung Yiu
On the Question of Who Should Lead the Global South
– Camila Abbondanzieri
How the Gulf Energy Crisis Is Reshaping Asian Economies
– Morgan D. Bazilian
When Liberal Democracies Mirror Totalitarian Speech Regulation: The Case of Queensland
– Ka Hang Wong
Taiwan After the Trump-Xi Summit: From Strategic Frontline to Strategic Balancing Point
– Jinghao Zhou
The Institutional Afterlife of Populist Rule
– Nicholas Morieson
Multipolarity and the End of Nuclear Stability
– Raphaël Dosson
Brazil’s Dramatic and Consequential 2026 Presidential Election
– Rafael R. Ioris
The Assault on Immigrant Citizenship and the American Dream’s Feminized Foundations
– Franco Laguna Correa
The ASEAN Way Under Pressure in Response to a Fractured World Order
– Rizal G. Buendia
Moldova: Between Ambitious Plans and Present-Day Challenges
– Wilder Alejandro Sánchez
Migration as an Instrument of Coercion: The Strategic Problem Europe Has Yet to Confront
– Nicolás E. Salvoni
Fertilizer Sovereignty: Africa’s Path to Food Security in a Volatile World
– Christopher Burke
This week, the Thinking Borders series (part of the Thinking Global podcast), hosted by Marianna Karakoulaki, returns with an interview with Professor Vicki Squire. In this episode, Marianna and Professor Squire discuss migration, borders, normalisation of death, the ethical responsibilities of scholars, activism, her most recent book Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship, published by Edinburgh University Press and more.


Redesigning Global Governance from Below: A Call to Action for IR Scholars
– Saghar Shahidi-Birjandian and Yatana Yamahata
The Grey Rhino: Strategic Neglect and the Collapse of Energy Security
– Mordechai Chaziza and Roie Yellinek
Crisis as Politics: Political Discourse and Strategic Transformation in Contemporary Democracies
– Vasiliki (Billy) Tsagkroni
What the Iran War Vindicates about Clausewitz
– Andrew Latham
Hong Kong’s National Security Education: From ‘Asia’s World City’ to a Sinocentric Node
– Ho-yeung Yiu
On the Question of Who Should Lead the Global South
– Camila Abbondanzieri
How the Gulf Energy Crisis Is Reshaping Asian Economies
– Morgan D. Bazilian
When Liberal Democracies Mirror Totalitarian Speech Regulation: The Case of Queensland
– Ka Hang Wong
Taiwan After the Trump-Xi Summit: From Strategic Frontline to Strategic Balancing Point
– Jinghao Zhou
The Institutional Afterlife of Populist Rule
– Nicholas Morieson
Multipolarity and the End of Nuclear Stability
– Raphaël Dosson
Brazil’s Dramatic and Consequential 2026 Presidential Election
– Rafael R. Ioris
The Assault on Immigrant Citizenship and the American Dream’s Feminized Foundations
– Franco Laguna Correa
The ASEAN Way Under Pressure in Response to a Fractured World Order
– Rizal G. Buendia
Moldova: Between Ambitious Plans and Present-Day Challenges
– Wilder Alejandro Sánchez
Migration as an Instrument of Coercion: The Strategic Problem Europe Has Yet to Confront
– Nicolás E. Salvoni
Fertilizer Sovereignty: Africa’s Path to Food Security in a Volatile World
– Christopher Burke
This week, the Thinking Borders series (part of the Thinking Global podcast), hosted by Marianna Karakoulaki, returns with an interview with Professor Vicki Squire. In this episode, Marianna and Professor Squire discuss migration, borders, normalisation of death, the ethical responsibilities of scholars, activism, her most recent book Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship, published by Edinburgh University Press and more.





