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Russia, Ukraine and the West: A CPCS Virtual Issue

Feb 22 2022
A virtual issue of Communist and Post-Communist Studies presents a range of articles published during the last decade that highlight the drivers of Russia’s foreign policy towards Ukraine and the West.
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Globalization, Regionalism and Nationalism: Contending Forces in World Politics

Mar 30 2021
"A global paradigm requires new research tools but not just in terms of standard scholarly quips around mixed methods approaches or interdisciplinary integrations. It is a far more difficult and challenging agenda"
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Is Decentralizing Authority Key to Afghanistan’s Path to Peace?

Mar 26 2021
Afghanistan has a rich history of customary or traditional governance structures which have remained central to the lives of most citizens, who rely on these community-based bodies to resolve disputes, provide small-scale public goods and services, and to broker relations with local government. The
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Asia in 2020: The Covid-19 Pandemic and the U.S.-China Trade War

Mar 23 2021
We've removed the paywall from Asian Survey's annual year-in-review issue which looks back at the biggest stories concerning Asia in 2020, a year during which the COVID-19 pandemic and a trade dispute between the United States and China dominated the headlines. As the world continues to grapple with
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Cross-cultural Feminist Technologies: A Q&A with Payal Arora and Rumman Chowdhury

Mar 22 2021
"What brings us together is our ongoing research and activist pursuits on how to design and deploy equitable, ethical, and empathetic technologies that center the voices and values of marginalized groups and cultures."
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