Even countries with similar values and goals can end up in conflict with each other due to forces they cannot fully control.
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In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never repeated.
Despite Beijing’s claims of neutrality, it may be quietly backing Iran while verbally denying such support, as it has with Russia and Pakistan.
Today, most of the Druze community is split between three countries: Lebanon, Syria and Israel.
Great powers rely on military, diplomatic and economic dominance. But in a multipolar world, power has been duluted.
Five years after first putting forward the notion of ‘active nonalignment,’ former Chilean ambassador Jorge Heine returns to the subject.
Through its numerous statements and decisions, the Trump administration is breaking with the American hegemony that has long structured the international order. The country will emerge weakened.
All 3 nations have sunk costs and made promises that make it harder to find an off-ramp from conflict.
A recent survey of Canadian international relations experts finds they don’t always agree, but the majority view the U.S. as Canada’s most important region, with the Arctic gaining ground.
A political scientist – with a penchant for gaming – explains how Minecraft, League of Legends and Civilization VII can help teach key international relations concepts.
From Athens to the British Empire and on to the US – dominant powers have used might and consent to exert influence.
Projecting strength on the global stage doesn’t always require tanks and guns.
Is a US-China war inevitable? Perhaps that isn’t the lesson leaders should be taking from the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War.’
US aid provided crucial support for humanitarian and development projects around the world.
Dissecting a loaded term in international affairs, and what it means for a country to disrupt the prevailing US-led order that is itself now changing.
Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.
Soft power is a foreign-policy tool to get what a country wants without using force.
Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor with the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.
To make an impact, the AU’s incoming leadership must address six issues.
A dramatic blunder sealed a match between Indian and Chinese chess champions that has highlighted the resurgent popularity of the ancient game.
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Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Reader in European Politics, University of Westminster
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Royal Danish Defence College
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Visiting Fellow, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria., University of Pretoria
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in International Relations, Swansea University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Henry J. Leir Professor of Practice in Economics of the Middle East, Brandeis University