If you like discussion of heavy questions in a light-hearted atmosphere with the big names from the world of International Relations, join Kieran O’Meara and the E-International Relations podcast team as we put the burning questions you’ve always wanted to have answered to the academics, practitioners and activists you would want to have answer them.
David Anderson on Judith N. Shklar and International Relations - Part Two
David Anderson (University of St. Andrews - @scotswoodworker @StAndrewsIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Judith Shklar and International Relations in Part Two of our two-part series. David Anderson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about Civil Disobedience, cruelty, our duty to transnational civil disobedience, and using Shklar in thinking about International Relations. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
10/21/2024 • 33 minutes, 31 seconds
David Anderson on Judith N. Shklar and International Relations - Part One
David Anderson (University of St. Andrews - @scottwoodworker @StAndrewsIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Judith Shklar and International Relations in part one of a two-part series. David Anderson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about who the political theorist Judith N. Shklar was and the qualities of her political thinking in part one of this two-part series. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
10/14/2024 • 34 minutes, 12 seconds
Libertarian US Presidential Nominee, Chase Oliver On US Foreign Policy
Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party US Presidential Nominee - @ChaseForLiberty @LPNational) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Libertarian US Foreign Policy, Non-intervention, trade, climate change and more. Chase Oliver chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what his Libertarian foreign policy for the US would entail if he were to win the upcoming US Presidential Election in November 2024 as the nominee of the third largest party in the US. He also talks about immigration and refugee policy, climate change, free trade agreements, and non-interventionism. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
10/7/2024 • 38 minutes, 2 seconds
Marsha Henry on The End of Peacekeeping
Marsha Henry (Queen’s University Belfast - @mghacademic @QUBelfast) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her new book The End of Peacekeeping: Gender, Race, and the Martial Politics of Intervention (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). Prof. Henry chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about peacekeeping, researching peacekeeping operations, Critical Race Theory, Black Feminism, anthropological methods, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
9/16/2024 • 49 minutes, 29 seconds
The Laid-Back Book Club - Kosta Kambouris, Jennifer Engl and Romanos Orpheas Tofis
This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Jennifer Engl (@JenniferEngl), Romanos Orpheas Tofis (@rmnorph), and our new co-host, Kosta Kambouris, chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they've been reading in the fourth instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Thinking Global is affiliated with E International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Please send letters of correspondence to [email protected]. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
9/2/2024 • 36 minutes, 10 seconds
Marilou Bayard Trépanier on Oil Kills and Climate Activism
Marilou Bayard Trépanier of Last Generation Canada (@lastgencanada) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the current Oil Kills uprising (@_oilkills). Marilou chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Daniel McDaid about the aims of Oil Kills, the practice of direct non-violent global civil disobedience, the impact of their action, the substance of a Fossil Fuel non-proliferation treaty, and more. For more information, visit the Oil Kills Website. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Please send letters of correspondence to [email protected]. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
8/19/2024 • 28 minutes, 10 seconds
The Laid-Back Ballot Club - The 2024 UK General Election - Edward Curry, Jennifer Engl, Marianna Karakoulaki
In the fifth and final episode of our 2024 UK General Election special series, the Thinking Global team discuss the outcome of the election through an International Relations lens. Kieran (@kieranjomeara) speaks with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl), Marianna (@Faloulah), and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about some of the more interesting aspects of this election, before each editor gives their own thoughts. Please send us your letters to [email protected] telling us your thoughts, announcements, publications, etc. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E- International Relations, please consider a donation.
7/5/2024 • 42 minutes, 22 seconds
Catarina M. Liberato on Global Britain, The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election
Catarina M. Liberato (University of Kent - @CataMLiberato @UniKentPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about ‘Global Britain’ in The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election. Catarina chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about ‘Global Britain’, post-Brexit foreign policy, globality of foreign policy, this election, and more. This is the fourth episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Please send us your letters to [email protected] telling us your thoughts, announcements, publications, etc. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E- International Relations, please consider a donation.
7/4/2024 • 40 minutes, 41 seconds
Patrick Vernon on Queer International Relations and The 2024 UK General Election
Patrick J. Vernon (Kings College London - @paddyjvernon @warstudies) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Queer International Relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Patrick Vernon chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about Queer IR, how it intersects with this election, queer epistemology, their most recent work The Coloniality of Humanitarian Intervention, and more. This is the third episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Lastly, this week we have another Open Letter Competition. Entries WILL be read out on the next episode so long as they are sent in before Thursday 4th July. Please do email your answers (no more than 300 words) to [email protected] for the following question: In what way has this UK General Election been entwined with international relations and why? Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation.
7/3/2024 • 46 minutes, 46 seconds
Evie Aspinall on The 2024 UK General Election and British Foreign Relations
Evie Aspinall (British Foreign Policy Group - @EvieAspinall_, @TheBFPG) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British foreign relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Evie Aspinall chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about British foreign relations at this General Election, soft power, the foreign policy proposals of the different parties, and more. This is the second episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Lastly, this week we have another Open Letter Competition. Entries WILL be read out on the next episode so long as they are sent in before Thursday 4th July. Please do email your answers (no more than 300 words) to [email protected] for the following question: In what way has this UK General Election been entwined with international relations and why? Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation.
7/2/2024 • 26 minutes, 44 seconds
Christopher Hill on The Future of British Foreign Policy and The 2024 UK General Election
Christopher Hill (University of Cambridge - @Dept_of_POLIS) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the future of British foreign policy and The 2024 UK General Election. Prof. Hill chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) on conceptualising ‘foreign policy’ itself, British foreign policy after Brexit, the central thesis of his The Future of British Foreign Policy, how this election intertwines with foreign policy discourse, and more. This is the first episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the July 4th election. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation.
7/1/2024 • 55 minutes, 52 seconds
Robert Fatton Jr. on The International Politics of Haiti and Caribbean Affairs - Part Two
Prof. Robert Fatton, Jr. speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the second of our two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system, humanitarian intervention, CARICOM, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
6/24/2024 • 31 minutes, 22 seconds
Kevin Bloor on A-Level Global Politics
Kevin Bloor (Author and Teacher) speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about the A-Level Global Politics course, his book Understanding Global Politics (2022), how to think about the exam, structuring essays, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
6/10/2024 • 42 minutes, 31 seconds
Robert Fatton Jr. on The International Politics of Haiti and Caribbean Affairs - Part One
Prof. Robert Fatton Jr. speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the first of a two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti’s marginalisation in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation. (Part One of Two)
6/3/2024 • 47 minutes, 21 seconds
Kathleen McInnis on Podcasting The Political
Kathleen McInnis (@kjmcinnis1 - Center for Strategic and International Studies) speaks with the Thinking Global team about podcasting the political, her ‘Smart Women, Smart Power’ programme, and so much more. with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of International Relations, please consider a donation.
5/20/2024 • 43 minutes, 14 seconds
Ajay Gudavarthy on The Congress Party and The 2024 Indian Elections
Ajay Gudavarthy (Jawaharlal Nehru University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Gudavarthy chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the Congress Party of India, its history, the 2024 Indian Elections and more. This is the third episode of our multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation.
5/14/2024 • 47 minutes, 29 seconds
Dean Vuletic on Eurovision and International Politics
Dean Vuletic (University of Luxembourg) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the Eurovision Song Contest, its history, how it connects to international politics, and more - all ahead of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday the 11th May 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
5/6/2024 • 46 minutes, 7 seconds
Danny Dorling on Geography and International Politics
Danny Dorling (University of Oxford - @dannydorling @oxfordgeography) speaks with the Thinking Global team about human geography, Brexit, ‘Shattered Nation’ (@VersoBooks), inequality, human progress, influenza, rising mortality rates and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
4/29/2024 • 36 minutes, 20 seconds
Arvind Kumar on The 2024 Indian Elections
Arvind Kumar (Royal Holloway, The University of London - @arvind_kumar__) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Kumar chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the significance of these elections, who the key political figures and parties in India are, class-based minor parties, candidate selection procedure, and more. This is the second episode of our multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation. This interview was also conducted and is available in Hindi.
4/15/2024 • 49 minutes, 45 seconds
अरविंद कुमार ने 2024 के भारतीय चुनावों पर तुषारिका डेका से बात की है
Arvind Kumar (Royal Holloway, The University of London - @arvind_kumar__) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections - in Hindi. Dr. Kumar chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the significance of these elections, who the key political figures and parties in India are, class-based minor parties, candidate selection procedure, and more. This is the second episode of our multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation. This interview was also conducted in both Hindi and English.
4/14/2024 • 33 minutes, 25 seconds
Quentin Skinner on Hobbes, Machiavelli and Contextualism
Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, University of London - @QMHistory) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Contextualism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and more. Professor Skinner chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about what contextualism is as a methodological approach to political thought, how he applies this to Machiavelli and Hobbes, and how this relays back to what it is to think about global politics. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation.
4/8/2024 • 49 minutes, 55 seconds
Rahul Verma on The 2024 Elections in India
Rahul Verma (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi - @rahul_tverma) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Verma chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the Indian electoral system, the party system of India, forecasting the outcome, the effect of ‘regional’ parties, how these elections may have a global effect, and so much more. Additionally, check out Rahul’s co-authored book Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of India (2018, Oxford University Press). This is the first episode in our multilingual series exploring the Indian Elections. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
3/31/2024 • 43 minutes, 33 seconds
G. John Ikenberry on Liberal International Order - Part Two
G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University @Princeton) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Liberal International Order in part two of a two-part series. Prof. G. John Ikenberry chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about critiques of the Liberal international order in relation to the Russo Ukrainian War, the global south and modernity, alongside the major overarching qualities of liberal internationalism. Prof. Ikenberry’s latest article for International Affairs, ‘Three Worlds: the West, East and South and the competition to shape global order’ can also be found here. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
3/25/2024 • 38 minutes, 12 seconds
G. John Ikenberry on Liberal International Order - Part One
G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University @Princeton) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Liberal International Order in part one of a two-part series. Prof. G. John Ikenberry chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about conceptualising Liberal International Order, the ‘crisis’ of Liberal Order, and how the Russian Invasion of Ukraine fits into this picture. Prof. Ikenberry’s latest article for International Affairs, ‘Three Worlds: the West, East and South and the competition to shape global order’ can also be found here. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
3/18/2024 • 35 minutes, 43 seconds
Fawaz Gerges on The Middle East and The Israel-Hamas War
Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics and Political Science, @FawazGerges, @LSEIRDept, @lseideas) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The Middle East and The Israeli-Hamas Conflict. Prof. Fawaz Gerges chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book What Really Went Wrong: The West and The Failure of Democracy in the Middle East (Yale University Press, 2024 - available to pre-order), conceptualising the Middle East, political Islam, Pan-Arabism, alongside colonialism and imperialism in the region. This is followed by a discussion of the causes leading to the Israeli-Hamas conflict and what must happen for peace to transpire. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
3/11/2024 • 56 minutes, 55 seconds
Dimitrios Stroikos on Space and International Relations
Dimitrios Stroikos (London School of Economics - @DStroikos, @LSEIRDept, @lseideas) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Space and International Relations. Dr. Dimitrios Stroikos chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Romanos (@rmnorph) on Security in outer Space, a ‘new space race’, the militarization of space, sovereignty in outer space, conflict in space, alongside China and India’s weapons capabilities in outer space. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
3/4/2024 • 48 minutes, 29 seconds
The Laid-Back Book Club - Edward Curry and Romanos Orpheas Tofis
This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Romanos (@rmnorph) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they've been reading in the third instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Edward speaks about ‘Water: Asia’s New Battleground’, Romanos talks about ‘Red Famine’, and Kieran chats about ‘Conspiracy and Power’, ‘Queer International Relations’, and ‘The Quest For Knowledge in International Relations.’ Thinking Global is now recruiting for Podcast Editorial Assistants - If you would like to apply, click HERE. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and TikTok for exclusive content! Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for student and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
2/19/2024 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
George Lawson on Revolution - Part Two
George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in the second episode of two-parts. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) about why we should think of revolutions as international or global phenomena, ‘Unruly Politics’, ‘negotiated revolutions’, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
2/12/2024 • 40 minutes, 18 seconds
George Lawson on Revolution - Part One
George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in part one of a two-part series. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on conceptualising Revolution, the debates within comparative political and sociological studies about revolution, whether history or comparative theory is more significant when thinking about revolution, and what ‘anatomies’ of revolution indicates.
This week we have our first ‘open letter challenge’. What is your favourite international relations theory to read about and why? – the best entry will be read out on next week’s episode. Just email your answers to: [email protected]. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
2/5/2024 • 31 minutes, 14 seconds
Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel on Russia and Ukraine
Maria Popova (McGill University - @PopovaProf @mcgillu) and Oxana Shevel (Tufts University - @OxanaShevel @TuftsPolSci) speak with the Thinking Global team about the conflict and politics between Russia and Ukraine. Professors Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) about the factors that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NATO expansion and ‘westsplaining’, Regime divergence, identity, war fatigue and holding perpetrators of war crimes accountable. Maria and Oxana’s new book Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States (Polity, 2023) is out now. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
1/29/2024 • 44 minutes, 10 seconds
Joseph S. Nye Jr. on US Foreign Policy in 2024 and 'A Life In The American Century'
Joseph S. Nye Jr. (Harvard Kennedy School - @Kennedy_School) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Theory and more. Prof. Joseph S. Nye. Jr. chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book A Life In The American Century (Polity, 2024), soft power, international relations theory, US Foreign Policy, the current crisis in the Middle East, and the question of US decline. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
1/22/2024 • 38 minutes, 16 seconds
Simon Curtis on Global Cities and Global Order
Simon Curtis (University of Surrey - @UniOfSurrey @SurreyPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the ‘global city’ and international relations. Dr. Simon Curtis chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Romanos (@rmnorph) on conceptualising the ‘global city’, the role of the urban in the global order, why we should focus more on ‘the urban’ in International Relations, China and the Belt and Road Initiative in such a schema, and the future of the global city in a post-pandemic world. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
1/15/2024 • 52 minutes, 33 seconds
Genevieve Guenther on Climate Politics, Language, Misinformation, and COP28
Genevieve Guenther (End Climate Science, The New School – @DoctorVive) speaks with the Thinking Global Team about COP28, Climate Language, Communication and Misinformation. Dr. Guenther chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on how to conceptualise ‘climate crisis’, COP28, how the media, activists and diplomats communicate and miscommunicate the key facts of the climate crisis, and how climate politics is bound-up with language. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
1/8/2024 • 52 minutes, 37 seconds
Jamie Gaskarth on British Foreign Policy, Brexit, The Commonwealth, David Cameron and William Hague
Jamie Gaskarth (The Open University - @GaskarthJamie) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British Foreign Policy, Brexit, The Commonwealth, David Cameron and William Hague. Prof. Gaskarth chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Romanos (@rmnorph) about defining features of British Foreign Policy, the ‘indo-pacific’ tilt, the status of the Commonwealth following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, what we should expect from David Cameron (@David_Cameron) as Foreign Secretary, the effect of Brexit, and evaluating William Hague (@WilliamJHague) as an ‘activist’ foreign minister. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E- International Relations, please consider a donation.
12/18/2023 • 50 minutes, 58 seconds
Maurice Stierl on The Weaponization of Time and Migration Governance in EUrope
Maurice Stierl (Osnabrück University - @MauriceStierl) speaks with the Thinking Global team about migration and the weaponization of time, borders and migrant solidarity. Dr. Stierl chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about how time can be weaponised, how this relates to EU Maritime Migration Policy, migrant resistance and solidarity, the entanglement of borders, and resistance as method. Additionally, check out Maurice’s article in Security Dialogue: Rebel spirits at sea: Disrupting EUrope’s weaponizing of time in maritime migration governance. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
12/11/2023 • 32 minutes, 24 seconds
Giorgio Shani on Sikh Nationalism and Post-Western International Relations
Giorgio Shani (International Christian University, Tokyo - @GiorgioShani) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Sikh Nationalism and Post-Western IR. Prof. Shani speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about Sikh Nationalism, The Khalistan Movement, tensions between Canada and India concerning Sikh Nationalism, how this is distinct from Hindu Nationalism, and what it is to conceive of a Post-Western IR. Additionally, check out Giorgio's recent article for E International Relations on this topic: The Sikh Diaspora: In The Shadow Of Khalistan. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a donation.
11/20/2023 • 36 minutes, 19 seconds
Natasha Saunders on The Slow Violence of Asylum and Digital Border Technologies
Natasha Saunders (University of St. Andrews - @NEGSaunders) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Refugees, Digital Border Technologies and The Violence of Asylum. Dr. Saunders chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about the distinction between refugee status and asylum, the 'slow violence' of the latter, digital border technologies, current UK policy towards asylum seekers and refugees, and the manner in which resistance manifests to these. Additionally, check out Natasha's article in The European Journal of Political Theory 'Security, digital border technologies, and immigration admissions: Challenges of and to non-discrimination, liberty and equality'. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
11/6/2023 • 48 minutes, 11 seconds
Elena Şimanschi on Russian (dis)information
Elena Şimanschi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - @ESimanschi) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Russian (dis)information on Ukraine. Elena chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine Damron (@catharinedamron) about what (dis)information is, what its major mechanisms are, how it materialises, its connection with emotion and memory, alongside the findings of her empirical study. Additionally, check out Elena's article in International Affairs 'Fabricating a War? Russian (dis)information on Ukraine.' Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
10/23/2023 • 28 minutes, 12 seconds
Megan MacKenzie on Military Sexual Violence
Megan MacKenzie (Simon Fraser University - @SFU) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Military Sexual Violence (MSV) and her new book Good Soldiers Don't Rape, available from Cambridge University Press. Professor MacKenzie chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Abigail about what Military Sexual Violence is, exploring sexual violence in conflict through a gendered lens, how military exceptionalism links to MSV, media coverage of MSV globally, the ethics and methodology of collecting data and reporting on MSV, and finally why soldiers swap illicit images. Alongside this, check out Prof. MacKenzie's article 'Why Do Soldiers Swap Illicit Pictures?'. To register for the first E-International Relations Live Event, click HERE. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
10/16/2023 • 28 minutes, 56 seconds
Dov Waxman on The Israel-Hamas Conflict
Dov Waxman (University of California, Los Angeles - @DovWaxman) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The ongoing Israel-Hamas War. Prof. Waxman speaks with Kieran and Edward about what has occurred in Israel and Gaza since the morning of October 7th, whether we should consider this a Third Intifada, if this will lead to a new generation of Palestinian refugees in the region, the extent to which the recent Israeli judicial crisis and increased numbers of settlers in the West Bank are chief causal factors of the conflict, how for the IDF may go and their strategy in the coming days, questions about Israeli intelligence failures, the international reaction, and the likely outcome of the conflict. Prof. Waxman's book 'The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know®' can be purchased from Oxford University Press. This interview was recorded between 9-9:40pm (GMT) on the 8th of October 2023. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the content produced by the voluntary editorial team at E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
10/9/2023 • 26 minutes, 22 seconds
Seán Molloy on Realist Ethics
Seán Molloy (University of Kent - @SeanMolloyIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Realist Ethics and the work of E.H. Carr. Dr. Molloy chats with Kieran about what 'Realism' as a school of IR theorising is, how considering Realism as amoral or immoral is incorrect, responses to and misinterpretation of Carr's 'The Twenty Years Crisis' , the importance of hermeneutics, what Carr's 'impure' or 'inconsistent' ethics looks like, and how figures like Mearsheimer fit into this discourse. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
9/25/2023 • 57 minutes, 1 second
The Laid-Back Book Club - Marianna Karakoulaki and Edward Curry
This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah) and Edward Curry (@edwarddcurry5) - two of the E-International Relations and Thinking Global team- chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they have been reading recently. Thinking Global is now recruiting for Podcast Editorial Assistants - If you would like to apply, click HERE. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and TikTok for exclusive content! Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for student and scholars of international politics.
9/18/2023 • 25 minutes, 15 seconds
Kosuke Shimizu on the Kyoto School and 'Non-Western' International Relations
Kosuke Shimizu (Ryukoku University, Kyoto - @caatc105) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the Kyoto School and 'Non-Western' International Relations. With Kieran and Edoardo, Professor Shimizu explores how we can cast 'non-western' International Relations, how the Kyoto School of philosophy can help us think about global politics, the concept of 'relationality,' and the manner in which 'non-western' International Relations thinking intersects with certain methodological questions. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
9/4/2023 • 25 minutes, 56 seconds
Sarrah Kassem on The Global Politics of The Platform Economy
Sarrah Kassem (University of Tübingen - @KassemSarrah) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the global politics of the platform economy. Dr. Kassem chats with Kieran about what the platform economy is, how the politics of such an economy is global, the alienation experienced by Amazon workers globally, and the manner in which platform workers hold both power and agency on the global level. Dr. Kassem's book 'Work and Alienation in the Platform Economy' can be purchased from Bristol University Press. Alongside this, check out Sarrah's article for E-International Relations 'The Global Geographies of the Platform Economy'. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
8/28/2023 • 47 minutes, 12 seconds
Alexander Lanoszka on Military Alliances and NATO Enlargement
Alexander Lanoszka (University of Waterloo - @ALanoszka) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Military Alliances and NATO Enlargement. Lanoszka speaks with Kieran about how to conceptualise military alliances, the effect of Nuclear proliferation on alliances, the importance of multilateral alliances today, why we should 'thank goodness' for NATO expansion and the effect of the Russo-Ukrainian War on NATO. Dr. Lanoszka's book 'Military Alliances in the Twenty First Century' can be purchased from Polity books. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
8/21/2023 • 37 minutes, 40 seconds
Bruce Pannier and Temur Umarov on Central Asian Regional Politics
Bruce Pannier (@BrucePannier) and Temur Umarov (Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre @TUmarov) speak with the Thinking Global Team about the regional politics of Central Asia. Mr. Pannier and Mr. Umarov chat with Kieran and Ismail about the history of Russia's dominance in the region, how the region has been effected by the Russo-Ukraine war, regional ties with China, the potential for conflict, and how we should think about current widespread protest in the region. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
8/14/2023 • 40 minutes, 17 seconds
Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez on Migration and Displacement in South America
Mauricio Palma-Gutiérrez (University of Warwick - @xmpalmax) speaks with the Thinking Global team about migration and displacement in South America. Palma-Gutiérrez discusses with Kieran and Daniel the causes and effects of migration from Venezuela, how those states along the Andes are changing their perception and policy towards migration, how such policy is different to that of EU states, and the role of international institutions in the global migration crisis. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
7/31/2023 • 42 minutes, 3 seconds
Mohammed Baharoon on The Quantum Politics of The Middle East.
Mohammed Abdul Rahman Baharoon (Director General, Dubai Public Policy Research Centre - @MABaharoon) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the quantum politics of the Middle East. Baharoon discusses what he means by 'quantum politics', whilst exploring Arab-Israeli and Arab-Iranian relations, alongside the role of China, The BRICS broadly, and the effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on the region. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
7/24/2023 • 28 minutes, 5 seconds
Women's International Thought Towards a New Canon - Part Two
Prof. Patricia Owens (@Politics_Oxford), Dr. Katharina Rietzler (@KatHistory), Prof. Kimberly Hutchings (@QMPoliticsIR), and Dr. Sarah C. Dunstan (@sarahcdunstan) chat with the Thinking Global team about their award winning anthological volume: 'Women's International Thought: Towards a New Canon' - published by Cambridge University Press (@CambridgeUP) - for a two part series on the book and the 'Women and The History of International Thought' Leverhulme Trust Project (@leverhulmewhit). This episode is Part Two of Two. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
7/10/2023 • 26 minutes, 5 seconds
Women's International Thought: Towards a New Canon - Part One
Prof. Patricia Owens (@Politics_Oxford), Dr. Katharina Rietzler (@KatHistory), Prof. Kimberly Hutchings (@QMPoliticsIR), and Dr. Sarah C. Dunstan (@sarahcdunstan) chat with the Thinking Global team about their award winning anthological volume: 'Women's International Thought: Towards a New Canon' - published by Cambridge University Press (@CambridgeUP) - for a two part series on the book and the 'Women and The History of International Thought' Leverhulme Trust Project (@leverhulmewhit). This episode is Part One of Two. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
7/3/2023 • 30 minutes, 5 seconds
Michael Kugelman on South Asian International Politics
Michael Kugelman (South Asia Institute Director, Wilson Institute - @MichaelKugelman) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the contemporary international relations of South Asia. Kugelman discusses how the politics of the domestic level is shaping that of the international in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, prior to an exploration of democratic backsliding in the region and the lessons for US foreign policy following the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
6/19/2023 • 33 minutes, 4 seconds
Surinder Mohan on The India-Pakistan Conflict
Dr. Surinder Mohan (University of Jammu - @SMohanOfficial) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the India-Pakistan conflict and his new book 'Complex Rivalry: The Dynamics of India-Pakistan Conflict', available from The University of Michigan Press. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
6/12/2023 • 35 minutes, 10 seconds
The Laid-Back Book Club - Abigail Glyn, Nigel Huckle, Daniel McDaid, and Tusharika Deka.
On this week’s episode of the Thinking Global podcast, Abigail Glyn, Nigel Huckle (@NigelHuckle), Daniel McDaid, and Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) - four of the podcast’s co-hosts - chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they have been reading recently. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
6/5/2023 • 31 minutes, 9 seconds
Nitasha Kaul on Democracy, India, and Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir
Professor Nitasha Kaul (University of Westminster - @NitashaKaul) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the status of Democracy in India, alongside that of Human Rights in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. For more information, please see Professor Kaul's website or The University of Westminster's Centre For The Study of Democracy.
5/22/2023 • 55 minutes, 38 seconds
Cynthia Enloe on Feminist International Relations and Twelve Feminist Lessons of War
Professor Cynthia Enloe (Clark University - @ClarkUniversity) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Feminist International Relations and her new book 'Twelve Feminist Lessons of War', available from University of California Press and Footnotes Press. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
5/15/2023 • 35 minutes, 36 seconds
Wendy Brown on Nihilistic Times, Walling and Neoliberalism
Professor Wendy Brown (University of California, Berkeley - @UCBerkeley) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Nihilism as political condition, Walling, Resisting Left Melancholy and Neoliberalism. Professor Brown's new book 'Nihilistic Times' can be purchased HERE. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
5/4/2023 • 38 minutes, 25 seconds
Ian Spears and Alemayehu F. Weldemariam on Ethiopia and International Relations
Dr. Ian Spears (@GuelphPOLS) and Alemayehu F. Weldemariam (@AlemayehuFentaw) chat with the Thinking Global team about Ethiopia and International Relations, covering issues such as the conflict in Tigray, colonialism and national identity. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
4/27/2023 • 34 minutes, 34 seconds
Thales Carvalho on President Lula and Brazilian Foreign Policy
Dr. Thales Carvalho (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Brazil's President Lula and Brazilian Foreign Policy broadly, following-up on his popular co-authored article 'Lula is back on the international stage, or is he?'. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Thales Carvalho can be found on Twitter: @thaleslcarvalho.
4/20/2023 • 33 minutes, 27 seconds
James Der Derian on Quantum International Relations
Professor James Der Derian (University of Sydney - @Usyd_ssps) chats with the Thinking Global team about Quantum International Relations, revealing what this could mean for International Relations Theory and International Security. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics.
4/13/2023 • 35 minutes, 29 seconds
Luke Herrington on Religion, Gender, and Political Violence
Dr. Luke M. Herrington (Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Park University, Missouri) talks with the Thinking Global team about where Religion, Sex, Gender, and Political Violence intersect, following-up on his popular article 'Probing the Intersection of Religion, Gender, and Political Violence'. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. This episode contains content that may be alarming to some listeners.
4/6/2023 • 31 minutes, 34 seconds
Henri Vanhanen on Finland Joining NATO
Henri Vanhanen (Research Fellow at The Finnish Institute for International Affairs (FIIA)) talks with the Thinking Global team about Finland joining NATO alongside Finnish Foreign and Defence Policy broadly, following-up on his popular Op-Ed 'Finland and NATO Membership'. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Henri Vanhanen can be found on Twitter: @HenriVanhanen.
3/30/2023 • 33 minutes, 28 seconds
Arne Westad on Global Politics
Professor Arne Westad (Yale University) talks with the Thinking Global team about what it is to 'think globally' when it comes to international politics, the potential for a new Cold War, Sino-US relations, developing states in the international order, and what it is to think about global politics 'in language'. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. Professor Westad can be found on Twitter: @OAWestad.
3/23/2023 • 26 minutes, 35 seconds
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