Thinking Global

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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.

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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 lea...

Jul 24, 2023•28 min

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 (...

Jul 10, 2023•26 min

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 ( @leverhulmewh...

Jul 03, 2023•30 min

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 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Jun 19, 2023•33 min

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....

Jun 12, 2023•35 min

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....

Jun 05, 2023•31 min

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 o...

May 22, 2023•56 min

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....

May 15, 2023•36 min

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....

May 04, 2023•38 min

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....

Apr 27, 2023•35 min

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 ....

Apr 20, 2023•33 min

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....

Apr 13, 2023•35 min

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 ma...

Apr 06, 2023•32 min

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 ....

Mar 30, 2023•33 min

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 ...

Mar 23, 2023•27 min

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Mar 20, 2023•2 min

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