Jennifer Mustapha and Yasmin Chilmeran share limitations of the WPS agenda and explore its implementation in Iraq and the Asia-Pacific region — The Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda has been a key organizing pillar for policymakers across the world attempting to systematically include women in peacebuilding processes, and address the impact of armed conflict on Women and Girls. Sprawling from large-scale state led National Action Plans and UN policy initiatives, to…

Kira Huju investigates how Hindu nationalist ideals are being entrenched in the Indian Foreign Service — Since his election as Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi, of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been transforming how India sees itself and its global role. …

Jochen Prantl and Evelyn Goh investigate the hurdles for policy-making in an increasingly interconnected world — The need to for policy-making to be responsive to complex overlapping international crises has never been clearer. From the global COVID-19 pandemic and its wide ranging economic and social effects to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and its profound impact on international energy and food systems already contending with…

Krisztina Csortea — Every issue of International Affairs features a comprehensive book review section which assesses the latest writing in international relations. In the latest in our Top 5 Books series, Managing Editor Krisztina Csortea presents her choices from the March 2022 issue. …

Policy-makers need to focus on climate justice argue Jan Wilkens and Alvine Datchoua-Tirvaudey — As international attempts to limit the damage done by climate change continue in the aftermath of COP26, an issue ostensibly given increasing mainstream attention is climate justice. In this blogpost, we argue that climate policy-makers have failed to sufficiently engage with questions of climate justice and that they will continue…

Haro Karkour — Empowering individuals to engage in foreign policy is key to salvaging the liberal international order from its present crisis. It has the potential to create a key bulwark against the extreme nationalism and violence that increasingly threaten the domestic foundations of the liberal international order. Liberal modernity and the classical realist critique of the (present) international order This article is situated in two debates: first, in the growing body of literature on classical realism, particularly…doi.org

Krisztina Csortea, Andrew Dorman, Isabel Muttreja and Ben Horton — Academic conferences can be daunting events. With a plethora of panels roundtables, receptions and exhibitors it can be difficult to know where to start in getting the most out of your experience. In this blogpost, members of the International Affairs team provide advice on everything from presenting and chairing to…

Kai He, Huiyun Feng and Gabriele Abbondanza — In this symposium we bring together authors from the March 2022 issue of International Affairs to discuss some of the strategic challenges facing Indo-Pacific states. …

Anthony King outlines why cities matter for the current conflict and the difficulties they present for the Russian invasion — As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues into its third week, the fighting is increasingly focused around Ukrainian cities. In this blogpost, I outline why cities are so central to contemporary armed conflict in general and the ongoing war in Ukraine in particular. I argue that the Russian military is…