E-International Relations (E-IR) Updates

Karzan Aziz Mahmood The Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority predominantly found in the mountainous areas of Iraqi Kurdistan, possess a history that is historically both rich and tragic. On the...

Stephen Osaherumwen Idahosa The regional balance of power and the overall political situation in the Sahel region has undergone radical changes since the Arab Spring. The February Revolution in...

By Anitta Kynsilehto This case study is an excerpt from McGlinchey, Stephen. 2022. Foundations of International Relations (London: Bloomsbury). Venezuela’s economy gradually collapsed between...

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Mukesh Kapila I clung atop a palm tree praying furiously while cyclonic winds threatened to whip me away. It was the early 1970s and I was a humanitarian volunteer on Moudubi island in the Bay of...

by Claudia Marconi and Júlia Lira Since Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to be undertaken on February 24th, 2022, in the Donetsk and Luhansk territories, the War in Ukraine has...

By Sylvain Keller Armed conflict may have terrible consequences for civilians especially when populated areas are directly attacked. Apart from the direct impacts of conflict, the absence of state...

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are Iraq’s primary sources of water. However, both rivers originate in Turkey and flow through Syria before passing through Iraq. On average, Turkey and Syria...

Ian Edgerly Narratives and discussions concerning violence in the Sahelian region of Sub-Saharan West Africa (SSWA) have historically, post September 11th 2001, centered around the idea that...

By Alasdair McKay, Abigail Watson and Megan Karlshøj-Pedersen Modern warfare is becoming increasingly defined by distance. Today, many Western and non-Western states have shied away from deploying...

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Syria poses major challenges to doctrines, legal frameworks, and institutional norms about the moral imperative to intervene on behalf of afflicted populations. At...

During recent years the phenomenon of Boko Haram has dominated policy debates among academics and policymakers interested in African and Nigerian politics. Yet, many issues about the sect remain...

The birth of South Sudan in July 2011 was met with jubilation by its citizens. Amidst the celebrations, there was a glimmering sense of hope that the sundering of North and South might act as a...