From Military to Market: Feminist Framings of Private Security, Warfare and Global Militarism. Warfare and global security operations are increasingly underpinned by market actors. Whereas in the 1990s, private security actors were on the fringes of global security, in the contemporary moment private military and security companies (PMSCs) now maintain a central role in how… Continue reading Book Launch and “in conversation” with Amanda Chisholm and Cynthia Enloe
Global Nationalism, edited and framed by Pablo de Orellana and Nicholas Michelsen, brings together the latest research by up-and-coming early career researchers and scholars. Beginning with a succinct history and typology of contemporary nationalism and its predecessors, this book offers analysis of several cases of contemporary nationalism, examining how specific movements define identity, address grievances… Continue reading Book launch: ‘Global Nationalism’ by de Orellana and Michelsen
Author: Francisco Lobo “Lawyers and judges seem to disagree very often about the law governing a case; they seem to disagree even about the right tests to use”. These words were once written by a prominent legal theorist, Ronald Dworkin, who believed that at the heart of legal argument we find contestation between what he… Continue reading Return to Mount Olympus: ‘Legal Polytheism’, Jus Cogens Norms, and the Conflict in Ukraine
Hybrid Political Order and the Governance of Uncertainty by Dr. Nora Stel 23 February 2022, 15:00 to 16:30 Chair: Dr Stephan Engelkamp, Lecturer in International Relations Education, Department of War Studies Speakers: Dr Nora Stel, Assistant Professor in International Relations, Radboud University Professor Claudia Aradau, Professor of International Politics, Department of War Studies, King's College London Dr… Continue reading Book Launch Event with Dr Nora Stel: 23 Feb
RCIR: Research Centre in International Relations 