Opinion – Why Russia’s 2025 Intervision Matters
Introduced in its current modern iteration as a direct counter to Eurovision, Intervision is a new(-ish) play in global cultural diplomacy by Russia.
Popular Culture
The Diplomat: Gender and Security in Popular Culture
Television shows are one space where security practices are made meaningful, legitimized, and re-presented to audiences.
JD Vance: The Man, The Meme, The Bipartisan Paradox
Vance’s case represents the transformation of politics into a spectacle where engagement is measured not by votes, but by clicks, shares, and digital distortions.
The Rising Girl Love Factor in Thailand’s Soft Power
Thailand’s strategic efforts to enhance its brand through LGBTQ+ rights serves as both entertainment and a reflection of the country’s progressive values.
Visual Culture and Outer Space Futures
There is a growing awareness of humanity’s precarious place in the universe and an emergent sense that the heavens cannot be conquered.
Visual Culture and Outer Space Futures
There is a growing awareness of humanity’s precarious place in the universe and an emergent sense that the heavens cannot be conquered.
Pop Culture to Conspiracy: Star Trek and the Nimitz ‘Tic Tac’ Case in the Context of Congressional UAP Hearings
The fact that events portrayed in fiction could be so easily and uncritically confused for events that really transpired raises questions.
Interview – Taylor Robertson McDonald
Taylor Robertson McDonald sets out the importance of narratives in IR, particularly how they contribute to shifting national identities and foreign policy formation.
The Evolution of Arabism: From One Arab Idol to Multiple Arab Idols
Developments in popular culture can be linked to an ideological shift from Arabism to Arab regionalism, more occupied with cooperation and economic coordination than identity politics.
Childrens’ Picturebooks and World Politics
Picturebooks are a vitally important, yet largely neglected, site in which world politics is (re)produced, negotiated, and contested.