When Our Reach Exceeds Our Grasp
Hakan Altinay argues that the challenge of our time is to deepen our…
Are We Intelligent Enough to Survive?
Mark Beeson argues that the race for AI dominance between the United…
Open Strategic Interdependence: Building a Coalition for Predictable Trade in Strategic Technologies
Joel Christoph argues that coalitions of the willing keep failing in…
Unpacking the Humanitarian Reset: Data Governance under Austerity
Kristin Bergtora Sandviks argues that as aid shrinks, attention must…
Why AI Governance Cannot Be Gender-Blind
Rama Nassif argues that an AI system does not become neutral simply…
Early View Article - Carney's Davos Address and the (Contested) Re-Imagining of Middle Powers
By privileging the intervention of Canada's prime minister, Mark…
Side Payments in World Politics: Theory and Practice
Scholars of world politics frequently highlight the importance of…
Feeling overlooked: A rural–urban divide in recognition
The farmers' protests sweeping across Europe during the early month…
Minimalist economic management, deferred revenue regime and aid dependency: Explaining contradictory post-war statebuilding aims
The paper analyses a contradiction in the liberal approach to post…
Will the poverty-related UN Sustainable Development Goals be met? New projections
In this paper, we discuss the literature and consider the historical…
Metatechnological Mapping and the Ye Wenjie Effect: Mitigating Civilizational Vulnerabilities
In a widely cited study in this Journal, Nick Bostrom has posed the…
Fit for purpose? Just Energy Transition Partnerships and accountability in international climate governance
This contribution examines whether just energy transition…
Informality and the governance dilemma: How institutional inter-linkages can bridge accountability gaps
States have increasingly relied on informal international…
A fairer and more resilient multilateral trading system will require a reinvigorated WTO
The multilateral trading system, first established formally in 1947…
Populism à la Carte: The paradoxical political communication of Narendra Modi on Twitter
How and where is democracy ‘hacked’? Studies examining the…
Against data individualism: Why a pandemic accord needs to commit to data solidarity
An accord to increase global pandemic preparedness is currently…
Mañana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America
This commentary concerns the significant opportunities which the…
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: What are the Benefits for SMEs?
Extended reality (XR) has the potential to be a game‐changer for SMEs…
The US National Security Strategy: Competing for Supremacy in a Multipolar World with a Unipolar Strategy
Thirty years after becoming a hegemonic power, the United States of…
Behavioural Economics and International Development
Adam Smith is one the founding fathers of modern economics. It is…
Volume 17, Issue 4, September 2026
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Special Issue - Tech‐Diplomacy: Technology, Agency, Order
This special issue examines tech diplomacy through the analytical triangle of technological, agential, and ordering processes, aligning closely with the interplay between state-driven and polylateral approaches, as well as variations in scope and depth. The contributions highlight how tech diplomacy operates at the intersection of these axes, with some emphasizing state-led strategies and others foregrounding multistakeholder engagement.
Special Issue - EU Space Governance at the Threshold of a New Era: Challenges and Opportunities for an Independent Europe in Space
This special issue brings together seven original articles that explore the multi-dimensional evolution of the European Union's space governance. Together, they provide a comprehensive and critical examination of the EU's pursuit of strategic autonomy and a coherent space governance in a rapidly transforming geopolitical environment.
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As Western buyer clubs and Global South producers attempt to de-risk critical…
Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene reflects on the first year of the America First…
How do we explain the rise and normalization of fascism in Germany and the…
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