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Academy, Transnational Phenomena

What Makes People Support “Populist” Parties?

Nicoletta Enria

We seemingly live in populist times, but what do we understand populism to even be, and what drives people to succumb to its tactics? “We are seemingly living in populist…

Academy, International Relations, International Trade & Development

Environmentalism in IR Theory

Angelica Faotto

Environmental conflict is already happening and will increasingly shape international politics in ways that traditional theories of IR cannot explain. Introduction Whereas in the past the environment had been treated…

Defence & Security, Transnational Phenomena

Bioterrorism, Infectious Disease and Globalisation

Angelica Faotto

Is Inequality and/or Health a Security Threat? We are witnessing an unprecedented “political revolution in the area of health” (Fidler 2005, p.179). No impregnable wall exists between a world that…

Professor Mark Swilling analyses the alleged involvement of #SouthAfrican President Jacob Zuma in driving the… https://t.co/yBfcNvyRCg

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Manuela Lavinas Picq, Professor of International Relations at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, analyses how the… https://t.co/VkjMTsbezq

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“Is it time to toss the practical and normative benefits of #democratic institutions, rights, and processes to meet… https://t.co/KqtsxyDbLV

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