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By T.V. Paul and Amitav Acharya Abstract As two past presidents of ISA who originally came from the Global South, and who maintain substantial teaching and research links there, we have witnessed the association’s progress in inclusivity. The intellectual perspective on ‘Global IR’ that Acharya has promoted, is increasingly accepted as an approach of significance as […]

August 22, 2022

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Michael Brecher: Pioneering scholar of Indian foreign policy Abstract Brecher, who retired as a distinguished professor at McGill University’s political science department last year after a nearly seven-decade-long stellar career, passed away at the age of 96 on January 16. He had made enormous scholarly contributions on topics such as Indian and Israeli foreign policies, […]

February 9, 2022

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(De-)Globalization and International Order by Markus Kornprobst & T.V. Paul Abstract What will become of liberal order as “deglobalizing” pressures continue to mount? And what happens to globalization as liberal order comes under increasing pressure?  Indicators of economic interdependence show signs of plateauing. Even as NATO and Russia square off against one another, the alliance faces significant internal challenges. From decreasing […]

February 9, 2022

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The Corona Virus Crisis: The Latest of Many Challenges to the Liberal International Order Abstract The current corona virus crisis is the latest of a series of challenges that the liberal international order has faced during the past several decades. A number of illiberal, populist leaders have emerged in the US, Brazil, India, Turkey, and […]

May 15, 2020

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Future of International Institutions and Soft Balancing Institutions have long been used as a means for soft balancing, including by the US. However, the US and its allies cannot ignore the norms of the rules based international order, for to do so risks undermining the shared norms soft balancing depends on. Source: http://blog.yalebooks.com/2018/10/18/the-future-of-international-institutions-and-soft-balancing/

October 24, 2018

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The Power of Non-Alignment Finding themselves caught between the giants of the United States and China, small states of the Asia-Pacific are not destined to become pawns in the midst of great power competition; instead they can resurrect the ‘Bandung spirit’ and adopt a policy of non’alignment through the use of soft-balancing. Source: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-power-of-non-alignment/article25185002.ece

October 15, 2018

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Soft Balancing vs. Hard Clashes: The Risks of War Over the South China Sea To minimize the risk of conflict in the South China Sea, all parties should consider measures to alleviate the dangers that arise from time pressures. Source: https://www.globalasia.org/v13no3/feature/soft-balancing-vs-hard-clashes-the-risks-of-war-over-the-south-china-sea_tv-paul

September 28, 2018

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How India will React to the Rise of China: the Soft-Balancing Strategy Reconsidered To restrain China India is likely to form both a soft-balancing coalition and limited hard balancing coalition, but the formation of a traditional hard-balancing coalition with the United States is very unlikely. Source: https://warontherocks.com/2018/09/india-and-the-rise-of-china-soft-balancing-strategy-reconsidered/

September 18, 2018

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