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Geopolitics of Indian Ocean and China’s Belt and Road Initiative – Claude Rakisits (Geopolitical Trends in the 21st Century)
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Geopolitics of US Hegemonic Decline and China’s Rising Power – Colin Flint (Geopolitical Trends in the 21st Century)
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Karin Fierke: Critical Approaches to International Security
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Roland Bleiker: Aesthetics and World Politics
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L.H.M. Ling: The Dao of World Politics – Towards a Post- Westphalian, Worldist International Relations
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Nathalène Reynolds: Pakistan and the West’s Construction of the Malala Yousafzai Phenomenon
Introducing Nathalène Reynolds Dr Nathalène Reynolds is Associate at the Pakistan Security Research Unit of Durham University and member of the Banque d’Experts at the Réseau de recherche sur les opérations de paix (ROP) of the Université de Montréal.
Charalampos Efstathopoulos: Middle Powers in World Trade Diplomacy – India, South Africa and the Doha Development Agenda
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Stephen Saideman: NATO in Afghanistan – Fighting Together, Fighting Alone
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Pádraig Carmody: A Spectre is Haunting Europe – Ghost Geopolitics in Russia and Ukraine
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Sören Scholvin: The Geopolitics of Regional Power – Geography, Economics and Politics in Southern Africa
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Joseph Cerami: International Security, Strategic Studies, Military Education, US Army
Interview with Joseph Cerami as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (International Security, Strategic Studies, Military Education, US Army)
Veit Bachmann: European Union, External Relations, Immigration, Development Policy
Interview with Veit Bachmann as part of the Geopolitical Passport series (European Union, External Relations, Immigration, Development Policy )
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Stuart Elden: The Birth of Territory
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Gérard Dussouy: Opposed to a Europe Dominated by Brussels – In Favour of a Federal European State
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