Workshop: Empire’s Endgame: Racism and the British State
Musab Younis will be chairing a roundtable for the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences on the legacies of empire in contemporary Britain.
New Research: Project Demed
In Project DEMED Ksenia Northmore-Ball and her research partners are developing a theoretical framework to capture citizen support for political projects and to trace autocratic and democratic indoctrination in 180 countries from 1900 to today.
New Publication: Framing immobility: Schengen governance in times of pandemics
In an article for the Journal of European Integration, Sarah Wolff examines the closing down of internal borders, lockdowns and quarantines in Europe, and asks what lessons can be drawn from these limits on mobility for the Schengen regime?
Op-Ed: Russia is a broker, not a peacemaker between Israel and Syria
In an op-ed for the Middle East Eye, Chris Phillips asks what role Russia is playing in the deals being mediate between Israel and Syria.
New Publication: Did Theresa May Kill the War Powers Convention? Comparing Parliamentary Debates on UK Intervention in Syria in 2013 and 2018
In an article published in Parliamentary Affairs, James Strong asks whether the War Powers Convention can survive Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to bypass the House of Commons and order military action in Syria in 2018.
New Book: The Political Economy of Southeast Asia: Politics and Uneven Development under Hyperglobalisation
The fourth edition of The Political Economy of Southeast Asia foregrounds struggles over power and resources and the evolving global context of hyperglobalisation.
New Publication: Gender equality in Tunisia: The EU’s tripartite dialogue
In an article for Mediterranean Politics, Sarah Wolff reflects on how the EU project democratic norms, through analysing the institution’s interactions with Tunisia around issues of gender equality.
New blogpost: Judith Butler Goes to Norway
In a blogpost for The Disorder of Things, Ida Roland Birkvad reflects on why it has taken decades before Judith Butler’s work has been translated into Norwegian.
New Publication: Debunking the Myth of ‘Debt-trap Diplomacy’
In a report for Chatham House, Lee Jones writes about whether or not China is indeed using debt as leverage to seize infrastructural assets in developing countries.
Op-Ed: Syria war: Will the Arab League welcome back Assad?
In an op-ed for the Middle East Eye, Chris Phillips asks whether realpolitik, rather than principle, will ultimately determine the Syrian leader’s fate.