The article explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified a narrative of uncertainty, perpetuating existing social hierarchies related to gender and racial discrimination. Using a critical vis...

Before 2022, many populist politicians had a relatively positive view of Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. They welcomed meetings with him, posed for photographs, and even wore T-shirts bea...

This article explores the evolving dynamics shaping African security governance. Drawing on the concept of regime complex, the study frames African security governance as a fluid system characteris...

Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Vol. 38, No. 2, 2025)

This introduction to the Special Issue starts from the observation that, over time, the process of political ordering to harness nuclear energy has become more complex in terms of actors, rules, le...

Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2025)

This introduction to the Special Issue starts from the observation that, over time, the process of political ordering to harness nuclear energy has become more complex in terms of actors, rules, le...

Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2024)

The key concepts and reference points of International Relations (IR) are informed by a sedentarist worldview anchored on the territorial state. IR’s conception of its subject-matter is thus ‘stati...

The Trump administration posed an unprecedented challenge to many international organisations (IOs). This article analyses the ability of IOs to respond and explains variation in the survival strat...