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Regional Neorealism: Rethinking Geography and Geopolitical Competition

3 weeks ago | e-ir.info | Anthony Heron

Neorealism, a cornerstone of international relations theory, is a comprehensive lens through which to analyse state behavior in a disordered world. States, whether driven by survival or ambition, are expected to balance power (Waltz 1979) or maximise it (Mearsheimer 2001), yielding predictable patterns of interaction across the global stage. Yet the empirical record disagrees, as geography and context muddy these theoretical waters.
Neorealism’s Regional Blindspot: The Arctic and South China Sea

1 month ago | e-ir.info | Anthony Heron

Theories of international relations often thrive on their ability to explain broad patterns of state behavior. Neorealism, in particular, has long been regarded as one of the most enduring and influential lenses for analyzing states’ actions within the field of international relations.
Goodbye West: Long Live World Order

1 month ago | e-ir.info | Amitav Acharya

The most enduring consequence of Donald Trump’s second coming could be the end of the idea of the West, at least in its contemporary, geopolitical and geo-economic sense, caused by an irrevocable fracture of the relationship of mutual trust and benefit between the US and its closest allies, Canada and the NATO/EU members. From the outset, America’s European allies saw Trump’s return to office with trepidation.
Opinion - Dictatorships Are Unstable, Yet the International System Continues to Support Them

1 month ago | e-ir.info | Nicolai Due-Gundersen

It has been almost three months since Syria’s former president, Bashar Assad, was forced to flee the capital, Damascus. Reportedly, asylum for him and his family in Moscow was personally approved by President Putin , his longtime ally. As rebels advanced from Syria’s north and captured Aleppo, one of its largest cities, within a matter of days before taking Damascus, there has been much speculation on why the Assad regime collapsed so quickly.
The Long Destruction of Gaza: Toxic Saturation, Health Decimation, and Climate Loss and Damage

2 months ago | e-ir.info | Carly A. Krakow |E-International Relations

Feb 18 2025 • 0 The Long Destruction of Gaza: Toxic Saturation, Health Decimation, and Climate Loss and Damage When a population’s collective health baseline is systematically lowered over decades, that population is forcibly made more vulnerable to rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and other challenges induced by the climate crisis.
China’s Growing Role in Central Asia

2 months ago | e-ir.info | Akanksha Meena

In response to its recent retaliatory tariffs on US energy imports, a delegation of major Chinese energy firms visited Kazakhstan in February 2025 to explore new trade opportunities. It was led by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), which focused on diversifying supply chains and reducing dependence on western markets.
Reflecting on Terrorism’s Temporalities After the Southport Attacks

2 months ago | e-ir.info | Lee Jarvis |Michael Lister |Andrew Whiting

On 20 January, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave a speech reflecting on the case of Axel Rudakubana, who had pleaded guilty to the murders of three children at a party in Southport in July 2024. Rudakubana had, it transpired, been referred to the government’s counterextremism programme, Prevent, on three separate occasions.
Do the Voices of Victims of Mass Atrocities Make a Difference?

2 months ago | e-ir.info | Mukesh Kapila

The sombre speeches of foreign dignitaries including the UN Secretary General and heads of state were interrupted by sobs and screams from the thousands packed into Kigali’s Amahora stadium. It was 2014 and we were marking Kwibuka20, the Rwanda genocide’s 20th anniversary. Red Cross volunteers clambered along the stands to stretcher away the dozens fainting around us. I was back in the stadium I had first visited in 1994 to meet the failed UN peacekeeping mission headquartered there.
Water Wars in the Middle East: Reality or Fiction?

2 months ago | e-ir.info | Reza Sohrabi

Water shortage has been identified as the greatest threat in the Middle East, where more than 60 per cent of the people live in lands with high and very water scarcity situations (World Bank, 2017). The continuity and severity of water stress in the Middle East are significant factors affecting societies. According to the World Resource Institute (2015), fourteen of the thirty-three countries projected to be the most water-stressed in 2040 are in the Middle East.
Opinion - The Path Forward for Bangladesh

Jan 23, 2025 | e-ir.info | Mubashar Hasan

On August 5, 2024, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, fled the country to neighboring India. Against the backdrop of three weeks of intense mass protest, Hasina’s 15 years of authoritarianism had crumbled down. Before fleeing, under Hasina’s shoot to kill order, Bangladeshi security forces killed over 1000 mostly young Bangladeshi, blinded over 400 and injured hundreds.