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Hobbesian Enmity and Resource Wars in Apocalyptic Popular Culture
– Evert Jan van Leeuwen

The Nuclear Brink Revisited: Assessing Coercive Diplomacy in Iran
– Martina Sprague

Artefacts of War, Politics of Memory: Material Witnesses in Occupied Kherson
– Liudmyla Pidkuimukha

The War Against Iran Has Weakened the US in the Great Power Competition
– Bülent Gökay

Interview – Rhys Machold

Donald Trump vs Pope Leo XIV: Just War and the Emperor’s New Clothes
– David Chandler

Central Asia’s Ascent: From Geopolitical Object to Collective Actor
– Islam Supyaldiyarov

It’s Time to Restore Back-Channel Diplomacy
– Jiachen Shi

Deterrence Without Alliance: What the Moroccan Crises Can Teach Japan and South Korea
– Ju Hyung Kim

War Minus the Shooting: Sports and World Politics
– Aaron Ettinger

The Need for a More Assertive Diplomatic Stance from China on Iran
– Sergio Villarroel

Political Othering and the Discursive Construction of UK’s Small-Boat ‘Crisis’
– Alyssa Schofield

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