Living together in peace: Developing exemplary Euro-African relationships
In order to alleviate clashes between civilisations and cultures as well as conflicts between tribes and communities, a campaign calling for living together in...
The dollar and the world-economy: Longue durée thinking
This paper considers the role played by money in the construction of global hegemony. It utilises a theoretical framework grounded in a stylised reading...
Twilight of hegemony: The T20 and the defensive re-imagining of global order
“One ignorant of the plans of neighbouring states cannot prepare alliances in good time; if ignorant of the conditions of mountains, forests, dangerous defiles, swamps and...
Hegemony and contestation
To understand how power relations and hegemonies in today’s world are changing, we need to understand the differences between both concepts. Power is inherently...
How to counteract religious extremism: Experience in Tajikistan
This paper examines the problem of violent extremism in a country that survived a conflict between a secular government and armed Islamic opposition. In...
The Islamic Caliphate: Undrawn conclusions
The primary and exclusive achievement of Islamist extremism was the emergence of the Islamic State at the beginning of the 21st century, which adopted...
Political misperceptions and their causes: Suggestions for research
The extent of misperceptions of political events and developments is assumed to be largely determined by the rate of press freedom characterising each country...
Immigration and wealth in 19th century South America
It was only with independence from Spain – and Portugal in the case of Brazil – that South American countries were able to open...
Western liberalism and Russian left conservatism in search of international hegemony
The world is entering a new historical phase in which the economic, political, and cultural hegemony of the world shaped by Western liberalism is...
Hegemony, power, and hybrid war
One of the salient features of the contemporary global landscape is that key state actors are seeking novel ways through which to maintain, achieve,...