Thinking Global

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. Polin...

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...

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 El...

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, con...

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. Thin...

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 Glo...

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 P...

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...

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 w...

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 tre...

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 th...

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...

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...

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 episod...

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 i...

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...

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 internati...

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...

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...

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 Relat...

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 websi...

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 schola...

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 mult...

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...

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 t...