Unravelling military aggression: Ontological insecurity, great power narcissism, and Japan’s international relations, 1868–1971 - Volume 52 Issue 5

There is an ongoing debate amongst scholars as to whether democratic or authoritarian political systems are more effective in achieving climate policy outcomes. In this article, we follow the latte...

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Abstract. Why do great powers believe it is necessary to have nuclear first-use options? What explains the different types of first-use options in the nuclear force postures of Russia and the United S...

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The Department of International Affairs (IA) at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in the fall of 2027. We seek a sc...

China’s battery dominance grew from local industrial clusters, vertically integrated firms, and manufacturing scale—not subsidies alone—offering lessons for global competitors.

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A Peruvian court ordered the government’s infrastructure regulator to oversee the China-operated Chancay Port late last week, overturning a ruling from January that exempted it from some oversight. Th...

On May 13, 2026, Air Force One landed in Beijing for President Donald Trump’s first state visit to China in nearly a decade. That same morning, the China

China’s dominant role in electric vehicle batteries owes much to local government policy.

China’s dominant role in electric vehicle batteries owes much to local government policy.

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Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) are emerging as the U.S. military’s answer to China’s system-centric approach to warfare, which seeks to disrupt and paralyze the connective architecture of joint operati...

Experts will reflect on recent developments in Chinese universities considering implications for research, teaching, and collaboration.

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In recent months there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘dark’ fleet, or the ‘shadow’ or the ‘ghost’ fleet.

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African states have considerable agency to shape their own digital governance and are not simply accepting models imposed on them by China or other external actors.

Western tariffs accelerated its transformation into a sophisticated extension of China’s industrial policy.

African states have considerable agency to shape their own digital governance and are not simply accepting models imposed on them by China or other external actors.

Western tariffs accelerated its transformation into a sophisticated extension of China’s industrial policy.

African states have considerable agency to shape their own digital governance and are not simply accepting models imposed on them by China or other external actors.

Viewing China’s partnerships through the lens of US alliance politics risks fundamentally misunderstanding how Beijing manages risk abroad.