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August 25, 2025

US assertiveness, China’s globalism, and the emerging AI governance race 

Elif Davutoğlu As the US and China unveil rival AI governance blueprints, Elif Davutoğlu explores how these policy visions reflect deeper geopolitical strategies. Framed as calls for innovation or cooperation, both documents signal a global legitimacy race in which AI governance becomes a battleground for shaping the future international order  Read more
August 14, 2025

How do Chinese citizens perceive environmental protection? 

Peter Chai In China do age, education, income, and urbanisation relate to attitudes to environmental protection? To find out, Peter Chai analyses survey data gathered from people on the mainland, between 2005 and 2022. Surprisingly, he finds no clear relationships between socio-demographic variables and concern about the environment  Read more
July 14, 2025

☢️ Nuclear future – deterrence or disarmament?

Cecilia Gustavsson The core principles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) are to prevent a the development and acquisition of nuclear weapons, and to reach complete disarmament. But, argues Cecilia Gustavsson, without improved transparency and independent verification mechanisms, the NPT could, paradoxically, accelerate a new nuclear arms race Read more
July 9, 2025

The British National (Overseas) visa: a geopolitical tool in UK-China relations 

James F. Downes Political parties frame the UK’s British National (Overseas) visa scheme as historical humanitarian responsibility towards Hong Kong in the context of UK-China relations. But is that really the case? James F. Downes and Kenneth Lai analysed parliamentary speeches from 2019 to 2023. Their findings suggest the UK government uses BNO visas as a geopolitical tool Read more
July 4, 2025

JD Vance’s international right-wing populism

Yunus Poblome Right-wing populism has gone beyond the nation state. Analysing JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, Yunus Poblome describes how US foreign policy under Trump depicts Europe as being led by a corrupt elite which refuses to listen to its conservative people. This, he argues, further legitimise Europe’s own right-wing populists Read more
July 3, 2025

Where are China and Russia in the Israel-Iran conflict?

Jonathan Roll International Relations theory would predict strong opposition from China and Russia to Israel’s assault on Iranian military and nuclear sites. In practice, says Jonathan Roll, other considerations got in the way, and the role of both powers has been minimal. This suggests US influence may be more durable than expected Read more
June 4, 2025

Rising sharp power in Latin America

John Chin In May, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro visited Moscow to sign a 'strategic association' agreement with Russia. John Chin and Justin Lee argue this is one manifestation of a larger trend of rising sharp power in Latin America, which has major implications for US strategy and autocratisation in the region Read more
May 20, 2025

☢️ Saving arms control in a changing world order

Valentina Cassar Valentina Cassar examines the motivations for US-Russian diplomacy and arms control in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape. What role do these countries' nuclear postures play in sustaining their international primacy? China, certainly, will play a key part, while the outcomes will influence all states in the broader nuclear order Read more

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