Thinking Global
Thinking Global is the podcast from E-International Relations, hosted by Kieran O’Meara and the E-IR podcast team. It explores major questions in international relations in a light-hearted and accessible way. Episodes feature interviews with academics, practitioners, and activists who share their expertise. The show aims to make complex global politics and IR theory easier to understand for a broad audience.
Episodes
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd on Religion and International Relations
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her work on Religion and International Politics. Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this episode about studying religion and IR, the politics of secularism, global order, identity, religious freedom, intersectionality, US Foreign Policy and much more. Prof. Shakma
Felix Berenskotter on Concepts in International Relations
Felix Berenskötter (Kings College London) speaks with the Thinking Global team about his work on Concepts in International Relations. Dr. Berenskötter chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Stephen Satkiewicz about the nature of concepts themselves, the importance of studying concepts when thinking politically, why some concepts are fundamental and much more. Thinking Global isaffiliated wit
Sarah Pink on Futures Anthropology - Part Two
Sarah Pink (Monash University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her work in Futures Anthropology. Prof. Sarah Pink chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this second episode of two about futures anthropology, emerging technologies, influencing policy, advice to early career researchers, and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations
Sarah Pink on Futures Anthropology - Part One
Sarah Pink (Monash University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her work in Futures Anthropology. Prof. Sarah Pink chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this first episode of two about her own journey into academia, what futures anthropology entails, digital ethnography and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world
Brent J. Steele on Ontological Security
Professor Brent J. Steele (@UUtah) speaks with Kosta Kambouris on the Thinking Global podcast about ontological security studies, its methods, its various factions, constructivism and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output o
Thinking Borders - Nando Sigona
Professor Nando Sigona (@nandosigona) speaks with Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah), in the return of Thinking Borders. In this episode, Marianna and Professor Sigona discuss migration, borders, the power of narratives, the impact of Brexit on migration in the UK and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-InternationalRelations - the world's leading open access webs
Nathan Critch on Public Inquiries
Nathan Critch (University of Manchester - @nathan_critch @OfficialUoM) speaks with the Thinking Global team about his new book The Politics of Public Inquiries: Crises, Containment and Contestation. Dr. Critch chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about public Inquiries in the UK, their efficacy, their politicisation, and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with
Sumantra Bose on Conflict, Territory, Identity and History - Part Two
Sumantra Bose (Krea University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about his work exploring the intersection of conflict, identity, territory and history. Prof. Sumantra Bosechats with chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this second episode of two about his future projects, the global historical influence of technology, his understanding of how conflict and identity come together,
Sumantra Bose on Conflict, Territory, Identity and History - Part One
Sumantra Bose (Krea University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about his work exploring the intersection of conflict, identity, territory and history. Prof. Sumantra Bosechats with chats with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this first episode of two about his own journey into academia, his understanding of how conflict and identity come together, and much more. Professor Bose’s websit
Astha Chadha on The Ghost of Gandhi and Hauntology in IR
Ashtha Chadha (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her ‘hauntological’ approach to non-violence. Dr. Astha Chadha chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and a new co-host, Jude Yeo, about her winning article of the E-International Relations 2025 Article Award: ‘The Ghost of Gandhi: A Hauntological Approach to Truth and Non-Violence,’ Non-Western Global IR, a
Kimberly Hutchings - E-IR x BISA 2026 - on Non-violence, Violence and Peace
On the last day of BISA 2026, Prof. Kimberly Hutchings came and spoke with Marianna (University of Birmingham, @Faloulah) and Kieran (University of St. Andrews @kieranjomeara) about her keynote speech at the conference. In this she explores violence, non-violence, peace, whether non-violence is always possible, advice to early career researchers and much more. If you enjoy the output of E-In
E-IR x BISA 2026 - Day 3
The Thinking Global Team brings to you the highlights from Day 3 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2026 in Brighton. Kieran (University of St. Andrews @kieranjomeara) and Marianna (University of Birmingham, @Faloulah) speak to Juliet Dryden (BISA), Rong Wei (University of Birmingham), Chris Featherstone (University of York), Myriam Fotou (University of Leices
E-IR x BISA 2026 - Day 2
The Thinking Global Team brings to you the highlights from Day 2 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2026 in Brighton. Kieran (University of St. Andrews @kieranjomeara) and Marianna (University of Birmingham, @Faloulah) speak to Ayse Polat (University of Oxford), Karoline Färber (University of Erfurt), Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli (University of Shefield), Gah-K
E-IR x BISA 2026 - Day 1
The Thinking Global Team brings to you the highlights from Day 1 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2026 in Brighton. Kieran (University of St. Andrews @kieranjomeara) and Marianna (University of Birmingham, @Faloulah) speak to Maia Harrison (University of Sussex), Carmen Chas (Comillas Pontificate University @ChasCarmen) Simon Rushton (University of Sheffield
Thinking Borders - Vicki Squire
This week, Thinking Borders, hosted by Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah), returns as Marianna interviews Professor Vicki Squire (University of Warwick @vidkowiaksquire). In this episode Marianna and Professor Squire discuss migration, borders, normalisation of death, the ethical responsibilities of scholars, activism, her most recent book Making and Unmaking Global Citizenship, published by Edinbur
TV Paul on International Security - Part Two
T.V. Paul ( @tvpaul1– McGill University) speaks with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this second episode of two on his advice for PhD and early career researchers, international security, artificial intelligence in the classroom, and much more. Professor Paul’s website may be accessed here: tvpaul.com Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the wor
T.V. Paul on International Security - Part One
T.V. Paul ( @tvpaul1– McGill University) speaks with Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) in this first episode of two about his own journey into academia, international security, Asian regional security, Indian foreign policy, and much more. Professor Paul’s website may be accessed here: tvpaul.com Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leadi
Trine Flockhart, Aaron C. McKeil and Zachary Paikin on Disorder, Contestation and Rebooting Global International Society
Professor Trine Flockhart (European University Institute), Dr. Aaron C. McKeil (London School of Economics and Political Science), and Dr. Zachary Paikin (@zpaikin – Quincy Institute) speak with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about disorder, contestation and the project of ‘Rebooting’ Global International Society. In this episode, Prof. Flockhart and Dr. Paikin revisit their 2022 edited volume Rebo
Thinking Borders - Thomas Nail
This week, Thinking Borders, hosted by Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah). returns with an interview with Professor Thomas Nail (University of Denver). In this episode Marianna and Professor Nail discuss the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border technologies, kinopolitics, border regimes and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations
Thinking Borders - Shahram Khosravi
This week the Thinking Global Podcast is launching a new series with a focus on borders -Thinking Borders - presented by Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah). In our first episode Professor Shahram Khosravi (Stockholm University) discusses autoethnography, personal narratives, the ethics of writing about others, Iran, border resistance and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-Internati
Rumela Sen on Rebellion, Fieldwork, Technology and South Asian Politics
Rumela Sen (@rsen02 – Columbia University) speaks with Dr. Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) to explore Maoist rebellion and governance, the challenges of fieldwork, the politics of Nepal, digital transnational repression, the intersection of democracy and technology, and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access
Philip Cunliffe on The National Interest
Philip Cunliffe (@thephilippics – University College London) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the national interest, the end of globalization, Brexit and more. Dr. Philip Cunliffe speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Oliver Bisogni about his new book The National Interest: Politics After Globalization, exploring what ‘the national interest’ conceptually entails, alongside how IR
Harris Mylonas on Nations, Nation-building and Diaspora Politics.
Harris Mylonas (@hmylonas – George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs) speaks with the Thinking Global team on nations, nation-building and diaspora politics. Harris Mylonas chats with Kosta Kambouris about nations, nationalism, migration, nation-building and the politics of domestic diaspora policy in relation to this. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-Inter
Anthony F. Lang Jr. on Universal Values, IPT, Ethics, and Hugo Grotius.
Anthony F. Lang Jr. (@ProfTonyLang – University of St. Andrews) speaks with the Thinking Global team about universal values, International Political Theory (IPT), ethics and Hugo Grotius. Professor Tony Lang speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Daniel Drury about conceptualising International Political Theory (IPT), normativity in international relations, intervention, his latest reflecti
E-IR x BISA - Roland Bleiker on Emotions, Visuality and International Politics
Roland Bleiker (@rbleiker) the Keynote Speaker of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast, speaks to Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah), Kieran (@kieranjomeara), and the Thinking Global team about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and much more. This is an episode you do not want to miss. Thinking
E-IR x BISA - Day 3
The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 3 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (@kieranjomeara), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Mollie Schnurr (Queen’s University, Belfast), Carmen Chas (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), Charles Devellenes (University of Kent), David Murphy (University of Loughborough), Eri
E-IR x BISA - Day 2
The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 2 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (@kieranjomeara), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Cornelia Navari (University of Birmingham/University of Buckingham), Sam Bradley (Loughborough University), Noemi Bergesio (Independent Researcher), Delia Burns (University of St A
E-IR x BISA - Day 1
The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 1 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (@kieranjomeara), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Nick Caddick (Anglia Ruskin University), Daniela Suárez Vargas (Queen’s University, Belfast), Maxwin Paul Rayen (Kings College London), and Augustin Berea (University of St. Andrew
Arend Lijphart on Democracy in 2025 and Consociationalism
Arend Lijphart (University of California, San Diego) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Democracy and Consociationalism. Professor Emeritus Arend Lijphart speaks with Daniel Drury and Kieran O’Meara (@kieranjomeara) about Democracy in 2025, elections in 2024, majoritarian democracies, Consociationalism, and more. Don’t forget to check out Thinking Global in-person at the 2025
Mark Juergensmeyer on Religion and Global Politics
Mark Juergensmeyer (@juergensmeyer – University of California-Santa Barbara) speaks with the Thinking Global team about religion and global politics. Distinguished Professor Emeritus Mark Juergensmeyer speaks with Tusharika Deka (@Tusharika24) about religious conflict, religious nationalism, a methodology for researching where religion and global politics meet, Professor Juergensmeyer’s latest b
Noah Zerbe on The Global Politics of Food
Noah Zerbe (@n_zerbe – California State Polytechnic, Humboldt) speaks with the Thinking Global team on the global politics of food, the economy and technology. Noah Zerbe chats with Kosta Kambouris about Globalisation, food politics, economics and more. Professor Zerbe’s YouTube channel may be found @NoahZerbe. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the
Aylin Matlé on German Foreign Policy, NATO, Trump, and The 2025 Elections.
Aylin Matlé (@AylinMatle - Center for Security and Defense at the German Council on Foreign Relations) speaks with the Thinking Global team on German foreign policy and transatlantic relations. Aylin Matléchats with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) and Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about German Foreign Policy, transatlantic relations, NATO, Trump, US-German Relations and foreign policy following the
Harry Hobbs on Micronations and Micropatriology
Harry Hobbs (@HarryHobbsUNSW – University of New South Wales) speaks with the Thinking Global team about micronations and micropatriology. Dr. Hobbs chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) on micronations and the international system, the practices of legitimacy and sovereignty of micronations, their position in international law, and more. A new member of the team is also introduced, Daniel Drury, who
Simon Polinder on Love and International Relations
Simon Polinder (@SPolinder – Utrecht University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Love and International Relations, exploring his recent award-winning article. Dr. Polinder chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) on the concept of love, how we can use love as a lens to think about international relations, fear vs. love, love in the history of international thought and more. Dr. Polinder
Trita Parsi on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East After The 2024 US Presidential Elections
Trita Parsi (@tparsi – Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US foreign policy towards the Middle East after the 2024 Presidential election. Professor Trita Parsi chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (@kieranjomeara) on Trump’s Middle East foreign policy, US-Israel relations, the Abraham Accords, relations with Türkiye, and more. Thi
James Goldgeier on US Foreign Policy After The 2024 Election
James Goldgeier (@JimGoldgeier – American University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US foreign policy after the 2024 Presidential election. Prof. Goldgeier chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (@kieranjomeara) on the future of US foreign policy, NATO, Sino-US relations, transatlantic relations, European security and more. This is the third episode of our 2024 US Electio
Michael W. Mosser and Dan G. Cox on Disinformation, Cyberattacks, Insurgency and the 2024 US Elections
Michael W. Mosser (University of Texas at Austin - @mwmosser) and Dan G. Cox (US Army School of Advanced Military Studies) speak with the Thinking Global team about disinformation, cyberattacks and the possibility of insurgency in the US at the 2024 Election. Dr. Mosser and Prof. Cox chat with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (@kieranjomeara) on an article they recently published, conceptu
David Anderson on Judith N. Shklar and International Relations - Part Two
David Anderson (University of St. Andrews - @scotswoodworker @StAndrewsIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Judith Shklar and International Relations in Part Two of our two-part series. David Anderson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about Civil Disobedience, cruelty, our duty to transnational civil disobedience, and using Shklar in thinking about International Relations. Thinkin
David Anderson on Judith N. Shklar and International Relations - Part One
David Anderson (University of St. Andrews - @scottwoodworker @StAndrewsIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Judith Shklar and International Relations in part one of a two-part series. David Anderson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about who the political theorist Judith N. Shklar was and the qualities of her political thinking in part one of this two-part series. Thinking Global
Libertarian US Presidential Nominee, Chase Oliver On US Foreign Policy
Chase Oliver (Libertarian Party US Presidential Nominee - @ChaseForLiberty @LPNational) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Libertarian US Foreign Policy, Non-intervention, trade, climate change and more. Chase Oliver chats with Edward (@edwarddcurry5) and Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what his Libertarian foreign policy for the US would entail if he were to win the upcoming US Presid
Marsha Henry on The End of Peacekeeping
Marsha Henry (Queen’s University Belfast - @mghacademic @QUBelfast) speaks with the Thinking Global team about her new book The End of Peacekeeping: Gender, Race, and the Martial Politics of Intervention (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). Prof. Henry chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about peacekeeping, researching peacekeeping operations, Critical Race Theor
The Laid-Back Book Club - Kosta Kambouris, Jennifer Engl and Romanos Orpheas Tofis
This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Jennifer Engl (@JenniferEngl), Romanos Orpheas Tofis (@rmnorph), and our new co-host, Kosta Kambouris, chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they've been reading in the fourth instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Thinking Global is affiliated with E International Relations - the world's leading open access website f
Marilou Bayard Trépanier on Oil Kills and Climate Activism
Marilou Bayard Trépanier of Last Generation Canada (@lastgencanada) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the current Oil Kills uprising (@_oilkills). Marilou chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Daniel McDaid about the aims of Oil Kills, the practice of direct non-violent global civil disobedience, the impact of their action, the substance of a Fossil Fuel non-proliferation treaty, a
The Laid-Back Ballot Club - The 2024 UK General Election - Edward Curry, Jennifer Engl, Marianna Karakoulaki
In the fifth and final episode of our 2024 UK General Election special series, the Thinking Global team discuss the outcome of the election through an International Relations lens. Kieran (@kieranjomeara) speaks with Jennifer (@JenniferEngl), Marianna (@Faloulah), and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about some of the more interesting aspects of this election, before each editor gives their own
Catarina M. Liberato on Global Britain, The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election
Catarina M. Liberato (University of Kent - @CataMLiberato @UniKentPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about ‘Global Britain’ in The Post-Brexit Context and the 2024 UK General Election. Catarina chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about ‘Global Britain’, post-Brexit foreign policy, globality of foreign policy, this election, and more. This is the fourth episode in our 2024 UK
Patrick J. Vernon on Queer International Relations and The 2024 UK General Election
Patrick J. Vernon (Kings College London - @paddyjvernon @warstudies) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Queer International Relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Patrick Vernon chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about Queer IR, how it intersects with this election, queer epistemology, their most recent work The Coloniality of Humanitarian Intervention, and more. This is t
Evie Aspinall on The 2024 UK General Election and British Foreign Relations
Evie Aspinall (British Foreign Policy Group - @EvieAspinall_, @TheBFPG) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British foreign relations and the 2024 UK General Election. Evie Aspinall chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about British foreign relations at this General Election, soft power, the foreign policy proposals of the different parties, and more. This is the second episode in
Christopher Hill on The Future of British Foreign Policy and The 2024 UK General Election
Christopher Hill (University of Cambridge - @Dept_of_POLIS) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the future of British foreign policy and The 2024 UK General Election. Prof. Hill chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) on conceptualising ‘foreign policy’ itself, British foreign policy after Brexit, the central thesis of his The Future of British Foreign Policy, how this election inter
Robert Fatton Jr. on The International Politics of Haiti and Caribbean Affairs - Part Two
Prof. Robert Fatton, Jr. speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the second of our two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system, humanitarian intervention, CARICOM, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the
Kevin Bloor on A-Level Global Politics
Kevin Bloor (Author and Teacher) speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about the A-Level Global Politics course, his book Understanding Global Politics (2022), how to think about the exam, structuring essays, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international p
Robert Fatton Jr. on The International Politics of Haiti and Caribbean Affairs - Part One
Prof. Robert Fatton Jr. speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) in the first of a two-part series on the international politics of Haiti and Caribbean affairs, focussing on Haiti’s marginalisation in the ‘outer periphery’ of the global economic system. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access
Kathleen McInnis on Podcasting The Political
Kathleen McInnis (@kjmcinnis1 - Center for Strategic and International Studies) speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) about podcasting the political, her ‘Smart Women, Smart Power’ programme, and so much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and sch
Ajay Gudavarthy on The Congress Party and The 2024 Indian Elections
Ajay Gudavarthy (Jawaharlal Nehru University) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Gudavarthy chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the Congress Party of India, its history, the 2024 Indian Elections and more. This is the third episode of our multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations
Dean Vuletic on Eurovision and International Politics
Dean Vuletic (University of Luxembourg) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the Eurovision Song Contest, its history, how it connects to international politics, and more - all ahead of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday the 11th May 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website
Danny Dorling on Geography and International Politics
Danny Dorling (University of Oxford - @dannydorling @oxfordgeography) speaks with the Thinking Global team about human geography, Brexit, ‘Shattered Nation’ (@VersoBooks), inequality, human progress, influenza, rising mortality rates and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of
Arvind Kumar on The 2024 Indian Elections
Arvind Kumar (Royal Holloway, The University of London - @arvind_kumar__) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Kumar chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the significance of these elections, who the key political figures and parties in India are, class-based minor parties, candidate selection procedure, and more. This is the second episode of our multili
अरविंद कुमार ने 2024 के भारतीय चुनावों पर तुषारिका डेका से बात की है
Arvind Kumar (Royal Holloway, The University of London - @arvind_kumar__) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections - in Hindi. Dr. Kumar chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the significance of these elections, who the key political figures and parties in India are, class-based minor parties, candidate selection procedure, and more. This is the second episode of
Quentin Skinner on Hobbes, Machiavelli and Contextualism
Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, University of London - @QMHistory) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Contextualism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and more. Professor Skinner chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about what contextualism is as a methodological approach to political thought, how he applies this to Machiavelli and Hobbes, and how this relays back to wha
Rahul Verma on The 2024 Elections in India
Rahul Verma (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi - @rahul_tverma) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The 2024 Indian Elections. Dr. Verma chats with Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about the Indian electoral system, the party system of India, forecasting the outcome, the effect of ‘regional’ parties, how these elections may have a global effect, and so much more. Additionally, check out Rahul
G. John Ikenberry on Liberal International Order - Part Two
G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University @Princeton) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Liberal International Order in part two of a two-part series. Prof. G. John Ikenberry chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about critiques of the Liberal international order in relation to the Russo Ukrainian War, the global south and modernity, alongside the major overarching qualities of liberal in
G. John Ikenberry on Liberal International Order - Part One
G. John Ikenberry (Princeton University @Princeton) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Liberal International Order in part one of a two-part series. Prof. G. John Ikenberry chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about conceptualising Liberal International Order, the ‘crisis’ of Liberal Order, and how the Russian Invasion of Ukraine fits into this picture. Prof. Ikenberry’s latest article
Fawaz Gerges on The Middle East and The Israel-Hamas War
Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics and Political Science, @FawazGerges, @LSEIRDept, @lseideas) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The Middle East and The Israeli-Hamas Conflict. Prof. Fawaz Gerges chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book What Really Went Wrong: The West and The Failure of Democracy in the Middle East (Yale University
Dimitrios Stroikos on Space and International Relations
Dimitrios Stroikos (London School of Economics - @DStroikos, @LSEIRDept, @lseideas) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Space and International Relations. Dr. Dimitrios Stroikos chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Romanos (@rmnorph) on Security in outer Space, a ‘new space race’, the militarization of space, sovereignty in outer space, conflict in space, alongside China and India’s
The Laid-Back Book Club - Edward Curry and Romanos Orpheas Tofis
This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Romanos (@rmnorph) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they've been reading in the third instalment of The Laid-Back Book Club. Edward speaks about ‘Water: Asia’s New Battleground’, Romanos talks about ‘Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine’, and Kieran chats about ‘Conspiracy and Power’, ‘Queer International
George Lawson on Revolution - Part Two
George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in the second episode of two-parts. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) about why we should think of revolutions as international or global phenomena, ‘Unruly Politics’, ‘negotiated revolutions’,
George Lawson on Revolution - Part One
George Lawson (Australia National University - @GeorgeLawsonIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Revolution and international relations in part one of a two-part series. Prof. George Lawson chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on conceptualising Revolution, the debates within comparative political and sociological studies about revolution, whether his
Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel on Russia and Ukraine
Maria Popova (McGill University - @PopovaProf @mcgillu) and Oxana Shevel (Tufts University - @OxanaShevel @TuftsPolSci) speak with the Thinking Global team about the conflict and politics between Russia and Ukraine. Professors Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Jennifer (@JenniferEngl) about the factors that led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, NA
Joseph S. Nye Jr. on US Foreign Policy in 2024 and 'A Life In The American Century'
Joseph S. Nye Jr. (Harvard Kennedy School - @Kennedy_School) speaks with the Thinking Global team about US Foreign Policy, Soft Power, Theory and more. Prof. Joseph S. Nye. Jr. chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Edward (@edwarddcurry5) about his latest book A Life In The American Century (Polity, 2024), soft power, international relations theory, US Foreign Policy, the current crisis in
Simon Curtis on Global Cities and Global Order
Simon Curtis (University of Surrey - @UniOfSurrey @SurreyPolitics) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the ‘global city’ and international relations. Dr. Simon Curtis chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Romanos (@rmnorph) on conceptualising the ‘global city’, the role of the urban in the global order, why we should focus more on ‘the urban’ in International Relations, China and the
Genevieve Guenther on Climate Politics, Language, Misinformation, and COP28
Genevieve Guenther (End Climate Science, The New School – @DoctorVive) speaks with the Thinking Global Team about COP28, Climate Language, Communication and Misinformation. Dr. Guenther chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine (@catharinedamron) on how to conceptualise ‘climate crisis’, COP28, how the media, activists and diplomats communicate and miscommunicate the key facts of the
Jamie Gaskarth on British Foreign Policy, Brexit, The Commonwealth, David Cameron and William Hague
Jamie Gaskarth (The Open University - @GaskarthJamie) speaks with the Thinking Global team about British Foreign Policy, Brexit, The Commonwealth, David Cameron and William Hague. Prof. Gaskarth chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Romanos (@rmnorph) about defining features of British Foreign Policy, the ‘indo-pacific’ tilt, the status of the Commonwealth following the death of Queen Eliza
Maurice Stierl on The Weaponization of Time and Migration Governance in EUrope
Maurice Stierl (Osnabrück University - @MauriceStierl) speaks with the Thinking Global team about migration and the weaponization of time, borders and migrant solidarity. Dr. Stierl chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Marianna (@Faloulah) about how time can be weaponised, how this relates to EU Maritime Migration Policy, migrant resistance and solidarity, the entanglement of borders, and
Giorgio Shani on Sikh Nationalism and Post-Western International Relations
Giorgio Shani (International Christian University, Tokyo - @GiorgioShani) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Sikh Nationalism and Post-Western IR. Prof. Shani speaks with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Tusharika (@Tusharika24) about Sikh Nationalism, The Khalistan Movement, tensions between Canada and India concerning Sikh Nationalism, how this is distinct from Hindu Nationalism, and wh
Natasha Saunders on The Slow Violence of Asylum and Digital Border Technologies
Natasha Saunders (University of St. Andrews - @NEGSaunders) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Refugees, Digital Border Technologies and The Violence of Asylum. Dr. Saunders chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about the distinction between refugee status and asylum, the 'slow violence' of the latter, digital border technologies, current UK policy towards asylum seekers and refug
Elena Şimanschi on Russian (dis)information
Elena Şimanschi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - @ESimanschi) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Russian (dis)information on Ukraine. Elena chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Catharine Damron (@catharinedamron) about what (dis)information is, what its major mechanisms are, how it materialises, its connection with emotion and memory, alongside the findings of her empiri
Megan MacKenzie on Military Sexual Violence
Megan MacKenzie (Simon Fraser University - @SFU) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Military Sexual Violence (MSV) and her new book Good Soldiers Don't Rape, available from Cambridge University Press. Professor MacKenzie chats with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) and Abigail about what Military Sexual Violence is, exploring sexual violence in conflict through a gendered lens, how mil
Dov Waxman on The Israel-Hamas Conflict
Dov Waxman (University of California, Los Angeles - @DovWaxman) speaks with the Thinking Global team about The ongoing Israel-Hamas War. Prof. Waxman speaks with Kieran and Edward about what has occurred in Israel and Gaza since the morning of October 7th, whether we should consider this a Third Intifada, if this will lead to a new generation of Palestinian refugees in the region, the ext
Seán Molloy on Realist Ethics
Seán Molloy (University of Kent - @SeanMolloyIR) speaks with the Thinking Global team about Realist Ethics and the work of E.H. Carr. Dr. Molloy chats with Kieran about what 'Realism' as a school of IR theorising is, how considering Realism as amoral or immoral is incorrect, responses to and misinterpretation of Carr's 'The Twenty Years Crisis' , the importance of her
The Laid-Back Book Club - Marianna Karakoulaki and Edward Curry
This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah) and Edward Curry (@edwarddcurry5) - two of the E-International Relations and Thinking Global team- chat with Kieran (@kieranjomeara) about what they have been reading recently. Thinking Global is now recruiting for Podcast Editorial Assistants - If you would like to apply, click HERE. Don't forget to follow us on Instag
Kosuke Shimizu on the Kyoto School and 'Non-Western' International Relations
Kosuke Shimizu (Ryukoku University, Kyoto - @caatc105) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the Kyoto School and 'Non-Western' International Relations. With Kieran and Edoardo, Professor Shimizu explores how we can cast 'non-western' International Relations, how the Kyoto School of philosophy can help us think about global politics, the concept of 'relationality
