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The IR thinker — 126 episodes
Racism Without the Word — Somdeep Sen
When AI Fights, the War Never Ends — Myriam Dunn Cavelty
What Editors Look for in African Affairs Submissions — Jonathan Fisher
What Makes Strong Research in Regional & Federal Studies? — Davide Vampa & Mariely Lopez-Santana
Poland's New Strategic Culture and Geopolitical Ambitions — Piotr Pietrzak
Africa's Agency in Global Climate Governance — Carl Death
Publishing in Contemporary Security Policy — Myriam Dunn Cavelty & Nicole Jenne
Publishing in Problems of Post-Communism: An Editor's Perspective — Dmitry Gorenburg
Inside Myanmar’s Fragile Geopolitical Position — Wai Yan Phyo Naing
Foucault, Stalin and the Politics of Life and Death: What Is Biopolitics? — Sergei Prozorov
How Russia Projects Soft Power Across Three Continents — Vladimir Liparteliani
South Africa's Nuclear Energy and the HTMR-100 Reactor — Kelvin Kemm
How to Publish in Top IR Journals: Insights from a BJPIR Editor — Jack Holland
China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord — Philip Snow
From Unipolarity to Multipolarity: The Changing World Order — Mark N. Katz
Catalonia's Quest for Self-Government Explained — Marc Sanjaume-Calvet
The New Constructivism in International Relations — David McCourt
New Zealand's Geopolitics and Strategic Identity — Reuben Steff
Decolonising Norms in International Relations — Charlotte Epstein
A New Realism for a World in Crisis — Marc Saxer
The History and Making of Indian Diplomacy — Vineet Thakur
Bulgaria's Energy Security Explained — Martin Vladimirov
What EU Citizenship Really Means — Dimitry Kochenov
How Nuclear Weapons Shape Today's World — Stephen Herzog
Inside China's Institutional DNA — Chenggang Xu
African IR Theory: Does It Exist? — Madalitso Zililo Phiri
Germany's Natural Gas Security After Russia — Andreas Schroeder
How Mongolia Navigates Energy Dependence — Telmen Altanshagai
Australia's Security Strategy Examined — Peter Layton
Georgia's Energy Geopolitics Explained — Murman Margvelashvili
Ireland's Evolving National Security Strategy — Kenneth McDonagh
Georgia's Road to the EU — David Bujiashvili
Brexit, EU Power and the Question of Hegemony — Patrick Holden
Radicalisation in the West: Causes and Patterns — Tahir Abbas
China's Engagement with Africa Unpacked — Emmanuel Matambo
Global Maritime Security Explained — Timothy Edmunds
Universities as EU Diplomatic Actors — Marina Cino Pagliarello
The Japan-Philippines Partnership: Why It Matters — Satoru Nagao
Trump's Foreign Policy Decoded — Hussein Banai
Why Some Regions Achieve Lasting Peace — Arie M. Kacowicz
Rebuilding Syria: Economy, Power and Geopolitics — Joseph Daher
What Good Governance Means for Africa — Gilbert A. Ang'ana
Kazakhstan's Nuclear Power Debate — Eldaniz Gusseinov
Russia in Africa: What It Really Brings — Steven Gruzd
Japan's Path to Decarbonisation — Walter James
The EU's Soft Balancing Model: Origins and Future — Anders Wivel
International Norms and Autonomous Weapons — Ingvild Bode
How IR Research Methods Have Evolved — Christopher Lamont
The Global Race for Critical Minerals — Vlado Vivoda
Is Global Hegemony an Illusion? — Christopher Mott
Virtue Eudaimonism: Ancient Wisdom for International Relations — Mark LeBar
Japan's Political Future and Global Role — Bill Emmott
The Role of Business Negotiation in IR — William Baber
Germany's Global Strategy Explained — Tomasz Morozowski
Who Governs Outer Space? Law and Power — Adam Bower
Russian and Ukrainian Nationalism Unpacked — Fabian Baumann
Energy Governance and the Global South — Narendra Taneja
The EU's Afghanistan Policy: What Went Wrong — Oz Hassan
North Korea's Security Strategy Explained — Yangmo Ku
India-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific — Srabani Roy Choundhury
Australia-China Relations After the Downturn — Philipp Ivanov
Meritocracy Meets Democracy: East Meets West — Elena Ziliotti
Kurdish Geopolitics Explained — Marianna Charountaki
Romania's Role in Black Sea Energy Security — Roxana Caliminte
Arms Control in the Modern Era — Andrew Reddie
The EU Constitution: Unity, Division and Reform — Paul Craig
European Diplomacy in a Changing World — Iver B. Neumann
The UK's Cybersecurity Strategy and Approach — Gareth Mott
Why Has East Asia Avoided Major War? — Timo Kivimäki
Diversity, Freedom and Political Theory — Chandran Kukathas
Terrorist Recruitment in Central Asia Explained — Noah Tucker
EU Foreign Policy and IR Theory — Knud Erik Jørgensen
Rethinking Terrorism Studies — Lee Jarvis
US Energy Security and the Green Transition — Paul Saunders
India and China: The Defining Rivalry — Jagannath Panda
US-China Energy Competition and the Solar Race — Quill Robinson
What Do Chinese Scholars Think About IR? — Ferran Pérez Mena
Pacific Islands Geopolitics and Fiji — Lorenz Gonschor
Circular Economy in International Relations — Patrick Schröder
Islamic State Khorasan: The Afghan Threat — Giuliano Bifolchi
Chemical and Biological Weapons Explained — Brett Edwards
The EU's Legal Approach to Counterterrorism — Christian Kaunert
Qatar's Soft Power and Regional Influence — Ariel Admoni
Russia and the CSTO Explained — Thomas Ambrosio
Why Afghans Are Leaving Pakistan — Ido Raz
Geopolitics of the Energy Transition Explained — Daniel Scholten
How Identity Shapes International Relations — Richard Ned Lebow
Who Actually Controls Russia? Inside the Kremlin's Inner Circle — Chris Monday
How Social Media is Being Weaponised for Radicalisation — Gordon Alley-Young
The Geopolitics of Europe's Energy Crisis — Marco Siddi
American Extremism: From the Inside Out — Jeff Schoep
Terrorism Since 9/11: What Researchers Know — Tim Wilson
Norway's Energy Power and European Security — Ole Gunnar Austvik
Why the Yemen Crisis is a Global Geopolitical Disaster — Tom Walsh
Research Methods in Foreign Policy Analysis — Eldad Ben-Aharon
Russia's Middle East Strategy Explained — Daniel Rakov
Russia, Iran and the Drone Factor — Scholars of Tomorrow
Why to Study International Relations — Igor Suvorov (in Russian)
Russia's Energy Strategy After Ukraine — Tatiana Mitrova
The Science and Art of Diplomatic Negotiation — Ida Manton
East Mediterranean Gas Explained — Alexander Kislov
Meet Nikolai Patrushev: Putin's Most Influential Adviser — Mark Galeotti
China's Belt and Road: What It Really Means — Ivo Ganchev
Iran, Azerbaijan and Israel's Triangle — Alexander Grinberg
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy Decoded — Aziz Alghashian
Inside Russia's Wealthy Elite — Elisabeth Schimpfössl
The Arctic: A New Geopolitical Battleground — Klaus Dodds
How Israel Became a Global Cyber Power — Chuck Freilich
Fukushima: The Story That Isn't Over — Maxime Polleri
Kazakhstan's Global Role Explored — Alberto Frigerio
Inside the Wagner Group: Origins to Mutiny — John Bruni
Israel's Religious Divide and Its Politics — Michael Freedman
Syria After 12 Years: What We Know Now — Christopher Phillips
Designing a Democratic Russia — Petr Safronov
Serbia's Vučić and the Balkans Power Play — Vesko Garčević
The State of Scottish Politics Today — Andrew Liddle
Kosovo in Crisis: Understanding the Balkans — Helena Ivanov
The 36 Stratagems and China's Foreign Policy — Hei Sing Tso
Decoding Political Myths in Russia — Bo Petersson
How Students Shape International Relations — Max Browning
Over 800 Terrorist Interviews: What I Learned — Anne Speckhard
Serbia's Energy Ties with Russia Explained — Vuk Vuksanovic
Japan Through an Expat's Eyes — Maya Matsuoka
EU Foreign Policy: Where Law Meets Geopolitics — Luigi Lonardo
India's Role in BRICS Explained — Junuguru Srinivas
Why Europe Keeps Buying Russian LNG — Andreas Schroeder