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Constructing a sustainable ‘tomorrow’: iconic architecture and progressive neoliberal place-making in Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Little Africa’
Rio de Janeiro’s long-marginalised, majority Afro-descendant old port area, home to the remains of the Americas’ largest slave disembarkation wharf...
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A new cold war?: The case for a general concept
This paper argues for cold war as a general concept for IR that is necessary to understanding the twenty-first century world order. It distinguishes...
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The ‘China Threat’: Stereotypical representations in the US competition with China
When Donald Trump was elected, the idea of the ‘China Threat’ gained popularity. Nonetheless, this was not a novelty. From the early nineties, when...
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Voices unheard: How feelings of inefficacy fuel populism
How do populist voters differ from other voters and among themselves? I argue that the commonality of populist voters is a perceived sense of...
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The regional powers research program: a new way forward
This introduction to our special issue on Revisiting Regional Powers examines ways in which the study of regional powers can enhance our ability to...
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Euro-Mediterranean populism: navigating populist foreign policy around the Mare Nostrum
Populist politics in Southern Europe displays several distinctive patterns related to a shared history, geography, culture, and economy, while being...
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Psychology as a system component: the deterrence logic of communication in China
The article investigates how China uses two distinct communication strategies: peace-focused language with positive gestures and assertive speech...
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Between autonomy and alliance: the evolution of South Korea’s alliance management strategy
To balance the rise of China and maintain its dominant position in the Asia–Pacific region, the United States has consistently urged its allies to...
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The Council of Europe, Russia, and the future of European cooperation: any lessons to be learned from the past?
The Council of Europe (CoE) was among the first Western institutions to open its doors to Russia after the end of the Cold War. However, during...
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Disaggregation of humanitarian data by disability: a realist evaluation of the use of the Washington Group Questions to support more inclusive practices
People with disabilities make up approximately 16% of the world’s population and disproportionately experience the risks and negative impacts of...
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From wages for housework to self-care: feminist perspectives on the care economy
This article argues that privatization of health care since the 1970s has created a paradox whereby a neoliberal discourse of ‘freedom of choice’...
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President’s constitutional powers and public activism: a focused analysis of presidential speeches under Finland’s two presidencies
Changes in formal powers of political actors like presidents are expected to impact their behavior. This study examines speeches that presidents can...
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Survival and status in the liberal international order: the grantors of recognition
This article focuses on the supply side of status recognition in the liberal international order (LIO). The order’s liberal milieu breeds hierarchies...
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Regulating surrogacy across Western Europe: A usual case of (gendered) morality politics?
The regulation of surrogacy across Western Europe displays the overwhelming prevalence of a restrictive status quo, with only a few states having...
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on violations of the right to integrity of the person
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been having a devastating impact on society not only from a health and economic perspective but also due to its...
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Hegemony and the dynamics of power: a Gramscian update for the study of power in IR
The study of power in IR has produced insightful typologies, but the persisting paradigmatic divisions induce problems that stifle further progress....
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Liberal and illiberal industrial policy in the EU: the political economy of building the EV battery value chain in Sweden and Hungary
In the context of an increasingly ambitious European Union (EU) industrial policy and the transition to electromobility, the main objective of the...
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Adam Watson and the structure of the Cold War international society: power structure versus social structure
Nowhere can Adam Watson’s contribution to English School literature be observed better than in his seminal work, The Evolution of International...