Here’s your digest of the recent publications on E-International Relations. 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.

Echoes of Empire: Russia’s Post-Soviet Threats, Propaganda, and the Reality of Power
– Samir Hasanov
War on Iran and the Breakdown of the Liberal International Order
– Carlos Frederico Pereira da Silva Gama
Nepal’s Electoral Transformation
– Martin Duffy
Can the BRICS Adapt to a Transactional World?
– Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci
China’s Sovereignty Paradox: Why Beijing Won’t Militarily Defend Its Close Partners
– Tomaz Fares
Erasure as Assessment: Middle East Forum’s Analysis of Iran’s Opposition
– Morteza (Mory) Gharib and Kazem Kazerounian

Neuro-Rational-Physicalism and its Implications for Governance, Geostrategy and Global Order
– Nayef Al-Rodhan
War of Distraction in Iran: Existential Anxiety and Strategic Failure
– Robert L. Oprisko
The Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and International Relations
– Ismail Baniadam and Farshid Jafari
Resilience for Moldova’s Future: Can NATO Provide Greater Support?
– Valentin Vataman
Integration as State-Building: Syria’s Postwar Gamble and the Kurdish Question
– Elliot Goodell Ugalde
Cyber Scams and Human Security: Towards an India-Thailand-ASEAN Agenda
– Sreeparna Banerjee
The Geopolitical Implications of the Iran War
– Bulent Gokay and Lily Hamourtziadou
Is the International Liberal Order Evolving or Exposing Itself?
– Ahmet Serdar Günaydın
After the Drone Strike: What Now for UK Bases in Cyprus?
– Peter Clegg
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