Episodes
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, conceptualising misinformation, the history and function of cyberattacks at US elections, the possibility...
Published 11/04/24
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. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading...
Published 10/21/24
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 is affiliated with E-International Relations - the world's leading open access...
Published 10/14/24
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 Presidential Election in November 2024 as the nominee of the third largest party in the US. He also...
Published 10/07/24
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 Theory, Black Feminism, anthropological methods, and more. Thinking Global is affiliated...
Published 09/16/24
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 for students and scholars of international politics. Please send letters of correspondence to...
Published 09/02/24
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, and more. For more information, visit the Oil Kills Website. Thinking Global is affiliated...
Published 08/19/24
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 thoughts. Please send us your letters to
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Published 07/05/24
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 General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading up to the...
Published 07/04/24
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 the third episode in our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day...
Published 07/03/24
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 our 2024 UK General Election special series, posting a new episode every day in the week leading...
Published 07/02/24
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 intertwines with foreign policy discourse, and more. This is the first episode in our 2024 UK General...
Published 07/01/24
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 world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you...
Published 06/24/24
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 politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a donation.
Published 06/10/24
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 website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of...
Published 06/03/24
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 scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of International Relations, please consider...
Published 05/20/24
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 - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international...
Published 05/14/24
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 for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International...
Published 05/06/24
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 international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a...
Published 04/29/24
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 multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is affiliated with E-International...
Published 04/15/24
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 our multilingual ‘India Votes’ series of 2024. Thinking Global is affiliated...
Published 04/14/24
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 what it is to think about global politics. Thinking Global is affiliated...
Published 04/08/24
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’s co-authored book Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of India (2018, Oxford...
Published 03/31/24