The Northern Epirus region, located in southern Albania, has been a longstanding focus of contestation between Greece and Albania. Emerging as a diplomatic term in […]
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EU–China relations in 2025: De-risking, Rivalry, and the search for Balance
Europe’s relationship with China has entered a new and more complex era. The European Union seeks to “de-risk” without decoupling—preserving cooperation where possible while protecting […]
Toward a New Grammar of International Relations
Is the world unipolar, multipolar, or sliding back into a new bipolarity? These categories dominate contemporary debates in international relations. They shape how policymakers describe […]
Threat Perception, Competition and the Quest for Hegemony in China-India Relations
While the 21st century represents a period in which Asia is rising and the balance of power is shifting from West to East, two major […]
The End of US Democracy and the Implications for International Relations
Over about a decade of teaching a course on “U.S. Politics and Foreign Policy” at the University of Sydney I posed a question each year […]