International Politics

We generate international agenda setting work on the role and influence of international organisations, networks, ideas, and policy agendas. Our particular focus is on human rights and human security. We are at the forefront of critical academic and policymaker debates on the global governance of human rights, including the analysis of the gendered institutions, networks, and practices that influence foreign policy, peace, and security, the actors and organisations fostering conflict and cooperation in Middle East politics, and the normative foundations and limits of a human right to freedom of religion.

This work contributes to a wider intellectual vision in Politics: to be at the heart of international and interdisciplinary political research. We focus on specific global policy problems in which Politics as a discipline has a pivotal role. Specific issues include human rights and global justice, climate change and resource conflict, and a changing global order that has prompted diverse responses, from transnational cooperation to new demands for constitutional and political change. We provide insights from disciplinary specialisms - including public policy, international conflict and cooperation, human rights and area studies - to support multi-disciplinary collaborations.

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Baumeister, A. (2019) ‘Religion and the Claims of Citizenship: The Dangers of Institutional Accommodation’ in Jonathan Seglow and Andrew Shorten (eds.) Religion and Political Theory (ECPR/Rowman & Littlefield), pp 99-117.

Public Reason and the Burdens of Citizenship A Case for Toleration

Baumeister, A. (2020) ‘Public Reason and the Burdens of Citizenship A Case for Toleration’ in Johannes Drerup and Gottfried Schweiger (eds.) Toleration and the Challenges to Liberalism (Routledge), pp. 129-145.

Group Dynamics and Interplay in UN Disarmament Forums

Dee M (2020) Group Dynamics and Interplay in UN Disarmament Forums. In: Laatikainen K & Smith K (eds.) Group Politics in UN Multilateralism. Diplomatic Studies, 16. Leiden: Brill | Nijhoff, pp. 177-195. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004384446_011

UK Diplomacy at the UN after BREXIT: Challenges and Opportunities

Dee M & Smith KE (2017) UK Diplomacy at the UN after BREXIT: Challenges and Opportunities. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (3), pp. 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148117710208

Gendering South Africa's Foreign Policy: Toward a Feminist Approach?

Haastrup T (2020) Gendering South Africa's Foreign Policy: Toward a Feminist Approach?. Foreign Policy Analysis, 16 (2), pp. 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/fpa/orz030

Gender and the EU's Support for Security Sector Reform in Fragile Contexts

Ansorg N & Haastrup T (2018) Gender and the EU's Support for Security Sector Reform in Fragile Contexts. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (5), pp. 1127-1143. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12716

Beyond the resource curse and pipeline conspiracies: Energy as a social relation in the Middle East

Hoffmann C (2018) Beyond the resource curse and pipeline conspiracies: Energy as a social relation in the Middle East. Energy Research and Social Science, 41, pp. 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.04.025

Neo-Ottomanism, Eurasianism or securing the region? A longer view on Turkey's interventionism

Hoffmann C (2019) Neo-Ottomanism, Eurasianism or securing the region? A longer view on Turkey's interventionism. Conflict, Security and Development, 19 (3), pp. 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1608016

The politics of memory and commemoration: Armenian diasporic reflections on 2015

Kasbarian S (2018) The politics of memory and commemoration: Armenian diasporic reflections on 2015. Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, 46 (1), pp. 123-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/00905992.2017.1347917

Diasporas of the Modern Middle East - Contextualising Community

Gorman A & Kasbarian S (eds.) (2015) Diasporas of the Modern Middle East - Contextualising Community. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-diasporas-of-the-modern-middle-east.html

Islamic State and Game of Thrones: The Global Among Tradition, Identity, and the Politics of Spectacle

Saade B (2020) Islamic State and Game of Thrones: The Global Among Tradition, Identity, and the Politics of Spectacle. International Journal of Communication, 14, pp. 1911-1932. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9864

Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance: Writing the Lebanese Nation

Saade B (2016) Hizbullah and the Politics of Remembrance: Writing the Lebanese Nation. Cambridge Middle East Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/middle-east-government-politics-and-policy/hizbullah-and-politics-remembrance-writing-lebanese-nation?format=HB#ZKBpGYK2DRIcTxMK.97; https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316182215

From the Local to the Global: Learning About the Adverse Human Rights Effects of Climate Policies

Schapper A (2020) From the Local to the Global: Learning About the Adverse Human Rights Effects of Climate Policies. Environmental Politics, 29 (4), pp. 628-648. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1743423

Human Rights and the Environment: Key Issues

Atapattu S & Schapper A (2019) Human Rights and the Environment: Key Issues. Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability. Abingdon: CRC Press. https://www.crcpress.com/Human-Rights-and-the-Environment-Key-Issues/Atapattu-Schapper/p/book/9781138722750

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