Introduction: Beyond Borders, Bodies and Law In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, ‘too big to fail’ became a viral catchphrase to indicate that modern corporations overwhelmingly operated at a scale that made them institutions in the modern political economy with one important caveat. Their market functions, roles and operations were beyond the…

One of the most overused moral tropes, the eternal battle between the dark and the light, served as the overarching theme during Joe Biden’s speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and continued through his victory speech. Biden employed religious iconography, often associated with the evangelical right, to paint America as “shaped by the constant…

When Joe Biden assumes the presidency in January 2021, American foreign policy will undergo a reset. This will include returning to diplomatic norms, reestablishing America’s unwavering commitment to democracy, underscoring US fidelity to NATO, and strategically reengaging China. With more than four decades of foreign policy experience, Biden will bring a level of reassurance to…

Heading into the 2022 midterm elections and beyond, the Republican voter base will likely count among the most impassioned and indignant voting blocs in recent memory. This suggests that the Biden administration’s climate policy efforts, however bold and progressive, must be able to withstand potential regressive efforts by future Republican legislative majorities and administrations. I…

February 2014, somewhere on the Mediterranean Sea, between Turkey and Greece: two gunshots ring out from a Greek coastal guard vessel. Passengers on a smuggler’s boat headed for the Greek island of Chios begin to panic. Through loudspeakers a Greek coastal guard screams “Stop!” repeatedly, like a mantra. But the smuggler doesn’t stop the boat….

Yuhan Hu is an MPhil Candidate in Politics (Comparative Government) at the University of Oxford. She completed her master’s degree in China in Comparative Perspective with distinction at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Before coming to the UK, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in political science in Hong Kong.  In the early…

Outer space infrastructure forms the foundation of modern civilian and military life. From a civilian perspective, the industry is valued at nearly $360 billion and enables everything from ATM transactions to navigation. From a military perspective, global reliance on space assets is even more alarming. Space infrastructure supports virtually all warfighting efforts, including intelligence, surveillance,…

The dust has barely settled on the battlefields and the ink has hardly dried on the recent ceasefire agreement, but the clear winner of the brief, but bloody, conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is already apparent: great power politics. Certainly, political and military victory clearly belong to Azerbaijan. Their…