How has traditional diplomatic expertise shaped the emergence of novel diplomatic issue areas?
Johann Ole Willers and Lars Gjesvik explore future political and institutional pathways that can build on the momentum created by minilateral ‘club’ responses: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf271
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In our latest issue, Na Yang, Yiyi Chen and Zikang Chen explore AI technology transfer practised by the US and China, and the implications for the technological advancements for the global South.
Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf268
‘The OSCE endures because of its contradictions, not in spite of them.’
Bernardo Teles Fazendeiro, Maria Raquel Freire & Daniela Nascimento examine the OSCE’s dual nature as an enterprise association and civil association based on sovereign equality. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf267
The afterword to our latest special section on multiplexity 2.0, written by Amitav Acharya, is now FREE to view for 2️⃣ weeks!
Read it now: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag025
What do the people of small and medium powers think about their countries’ relations with China and the US?
redeker.bsky.social, Bastian van der Neut, Ingmar Sturm & Fee-Sofie Cohausz analyse public opinion in the global South and eastern Europe: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf277
In our latest issue, @lefteleven.bsky.social examines how Moscow’s colonialist practices at the height of Russian expansionism reveal a range of claims to imperial legitimacy: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf270
‘Health systems worldwide are in crisis.’
hanrieder.bsky.social (of @lseid.bsky.social) explores the politics of health system crisis and its contentious interpretation in Colombia, where the issue is highly politicized: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf266
What role do digital influencers play in the consolidation of Bolsonarism in Brazil?
Caio Gontijo argues that online organic intellectuals channel popular discontent into cultural and moral narratives that ultimately stabilize Brazil’s neo-liberal order: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf269
Before the 1980s, only peoples represented by a nation-state could participate regularly at the UN.
@pablobarnierkhawam.fr assesses whether Indigenous Peoples’ participation reflects real progress on inclusion and human rights for non-state actors at the UN: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf273
‘Multiplexity ends up broadening the basis of oligarchy rather than democratizing power relations and empowering ordinary people.’
Sasikumar Sundaram & usempire.bsky.social call for a critical approach to the idea of multiplexity in our latest issue: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf276
In our latest issue, dstroikos.bsky.social explores the concept of multiplexity in the context of the international space order.
Read the #openaccess article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiaf275
Happening today at the @isanet.bsky.social annual convention - come attend our roundtable 👇
Since 2016, 70+ countries and international organizations have published policy recommendations for AI infrastructures.
@jp-singh.bsky.social, Manpriya Dua and Amarda Shehu explore the ‘multiplexity’ of global AI governance outcomes: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag024
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Chat with our editors at the @isanet.bsky.social conference in Columbus this week by visiting our exhibit booth during the following times:
▶️ Sun, 22 March: 3pm-4pm
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From BRICS expansion to the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, @indrajitroy.bsky.social (of @york.ac.uk) explores how global South countries have advanced a world-view that resists domination by a single actor.
Read in our March issue: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag001
Our spring issue is here! 📖
Explore stories on the Trump effect from Venezuela and Iran to trade and diplomacy, how the US can ease China's grip on critical minerals, the far right's looming challenge to European unity - and much more.
Read here: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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If yes, be sure to stop by our booth #301 at the #ISA exhibit hall and attend our panels as listed below 👇
This week, we have published a special section guest-edited by indrajitroy.bsky.social & norafisheronar.bsky.social on ‘Multiplexity 2.0: Power and plurality in a post-liberal world'.
The introduction article is now FREE TO VIEW for two weeks 👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag027
Très heureux d'être publié dans @iajournal.bsky.social aux côtés de Che Guevara (à quelques années d'intervalle).
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Huge thanks to Philip Crimes for his generous review of The Fate of the Americas in @iajournal.bsky.social! Love to see my book called "outstanding" and a "milestone" with "crystalline prose" ☺️
My co-authors and I contribute to the Multiplexity section with an article: "Diffusion of power and multiplexed governance: evolving networks and clusters for global governance of AI infrastructures."
@indrajitroy.bsky.social @york.ac.uk norafisheronar.bsky.social @usempire.bsky.social @nickchan-pol.bsky.social @dstroikos.bsky.social @jp-singh.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social @lefteleven.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social @redeker.bsky.social @hanrieder.bsky.social @pablobarnierkhawam.fr
📢 Our March issue is OUT NOW!
🌍 Special section: Multiplexity 2.0: power and plurality in a post-liberal world
📖 Research articles on a just transition away from fossil fuels, why the OSCE endures, Russian expansionism and more
📚 23 book reviews
Read the issue 👉 academic.oup.com/ia/issue/102/2
Our sister publication, @theworldtoday.org, just published a new video building on their story on China's forthcoming Five-Year Plan.
Watch here ⤵️
JOB
Assistant Professor of Political Theory
University of Cambridge
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers...
Can anything be done to reverse the descent of the COP process into further irrelevance? 🌏
In our latest issue, Jonathon Porritt & Robin Maynard present the case for a data-driven dashboard to ensure public engagement with the climate crisis: www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
5️⃣ In our forthcoming issue, @lefteleven.bsky.social unpacks Russia’s imperial history to understand how the country has legitimized its rule over other populations and territories.
Read the #advancedaccess article here: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
4️⃣ Roy Allison writes about how “overcautious restraints on western military support for Ukraine enabled Russia to further subvert the Ukrainian state and the European security order.”
Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...
3️⃣ In their 2024 policy paper, Wyn Rees and Ruike Xu discuss the implications of closer US, UK, and French alignment in addressing the Russia-Ukraine war.
Read it #openaccess here as the Editors’ Choice piece of the May 2024 issue: doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...