On 2 March 2026, Iraqi feminist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed was shot and killed outside her home in Baghdad by unidentified gunmen. Her assassination came just one day before so-called Ir...

Abstract. In this paper, I draw on fieldwork in the Hewizah Marshes, Southern Iraq, and engage with Mel Chen’s notion of “toxic affects” along with literat

Israel has launched strikes on dozens of targets inside Iran, including nuclear sites. This is what we know s

Analysts say US and Israeli attacks failed to weaken rebels and are only pushing the country to the brink of famine

Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen.

Scholarship increasingly examines international social movements advocating for the abolition of the prison-industrial complex. Within this landscape, Abolition Ecologies has emerged as a generative ...

To further strengthen our research and teaching portfolio, the Department wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Global Political Economy (GPE). While we invite applications from applicants in all areas of…

This series of four collaborative workshops will examine the evolution of the capitalist state in the contemporary moment, focussing on industrial strategy and financialization, militarism, and border...

In February 2025, Iraq’s Ministry of Environment announced the first project to be launched by the Carbon Economics Company, a collaboration with the World

Toxic remnants of war adversely affect the health not just of those immediately exposed but also of future generations.

The Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, invites applications for a PhD fellowship in International Studies from September 1st, 2025

Backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, Jared Kushner's firm is now biggest shareholder in Israeli company with stakes in businesses operating in occupied territories

Harriet Harman to champion gender equality worldwide as new UK Special Envoy for Women and Girls.

This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article o...

Join Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) and the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) for a roundtable on the past, present and future of feminist…

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) monarchies have deposited several tens of billions of dollars in other Arab states’ central banks since 2011 to prop up recipients’ currencies. GCC currencies do not ...

In an essay crafted in 1964, “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” Hannah Arendt reflects on a set of moral issues concerning our capacity to

What does it mean to produce knowledge through an experience that includes trauma?

The silence over the demise of Kamal Adwan Hospital is deafening. The world has fully accepted Israel’s genocide.

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2025

This three-year funded PhD studentship enables research into the everyday economic spaces and practices that emerge during and following war, exploring the peace potential they offer to conflict-affec...

Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as rebels marched on Damascus.

Human rights group says Israel ‘brazenly, continuously and with total impunity … unleashed hell’ on strip’s 2.3m population