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Shaping a 21st-century world order: The nation-state vs the civilizational state

Shaping a 21st-century world order: The nation-state vs the civilizational state

US President Joe Biden positions the Ukraine war as a battle between autocracy and democracy, but that reduces what is at stake in the war: the nature of the state. And Putin isn’t the only civilizational leader out there… James M. Dorsey explores.

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Research Collaboration with High-Risk Countries: What does the UK Public Think?

Research Collaboration with High-Risk Countries: What does the UK Public Think?

As geopolitical tensions continue to increase, so does research collaboration with international actors such as China. What risks should the UK Government, universities, and UK-based research programmes be aware of? And what do the British public think? Helena Ivanov writes for the Henry Jackson Society.

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British Foreign Policy in a Broken World

British Foreign Policy in a Broken World

Arthur Snell reflects on the extensive shifts in the international order that have taken place over the last two years, suggesting that the UK should recognise its own contribution to the current state of disorder and that the recent Integrated Review Refresh represents a good starting point.

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Saudi nationalism and the end of Pax Americana

Saudi nationalism and the end of Pax Americana

After turbulent years of aligning along sectarian divisions, the Middle East is getting back to its comfort zone: authoritarian nationalism. But this time, the US isn't in the centre picture. Arthur Snell explores in Not all Doom.

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Threatening to Leave the ECHR would be the Perfect Terrain for Next Conservative Election Campaign

Threatening to Leave the ECHR would be the Perfect Terrain for Next Conservative Election Campaign

The UK Government may do just enough to rile up the Conservative Party’s voter base by engineering yet another pointless row with European bodies, writes Alexandra Hall Hall for the Byline Times.

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