Origin Stories: Meritocracy, Exclusion & the History of Johns Hopkins University Reconsidered
How does the long history of JHU, America’s first research university, still shape the struggle over merit, access, and inclusion today?
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Geopolitics, Migrations and Identities in Central Eurasia: Reflections from the CESS-ESCAS Lisbon Conference 2025
How are shifting geopolitics, migration patterns, and identity transformations shaping Central Eurasia today? What significance do queer indentities, womne’s experiences and artistic interventions have? Saltanat Shoshanova offering a glimpse into the future of Central Eurasian and Central Asian studies.
Open Call for Contributions: Transatlantic Ruptures and Transformations
Frictions welcomes contributions discussing the current disruptive, unpredictable role of the US in world politics today and its impact on other regions of the world. At the same time, we encourage reflections on other periods of regional and global upheaval that generated phenomena that are gaining resonance today.
Cowboy Diplomacy Reloaded: Trump’s reckless foreign policy and the shadow of Putin
Trump’s foreign policy fuels Putin’s agenda, blaming Ukraine for its own invasion while excusing Russian aggression. His admiration for strongmen and disregard for democratic alliances threaten global stability. This isn’t diplomacy, it’s a roadmap to authoritarian dominance via cowboy diplomacy, argues Chris Kostov.
From Europe and America to America (with Russia) against Europe? A Fascist in the White House and the emerging end of the Transatlantic alliance
In a hot take on the second Trump presidency, Ulf Brunnbauer sees a fundamental ideological shift in US foreign policy, away from democratic values and towards fascism combined with a Putin-style vision of the world.
Navigating Polycrisis: The EU’s Challenges in Migration, Legitimacy, and Geopolitics. An interview with Ruth Ferrero-Turrión
Discover Ruth Ferrero-Turrión’s insights on the EU’s response to migration, legitimacy, and geopolitical challenges. Can the Union overcome its “polycrisis” and embrace a unified future?
Border Studies in 2024: Where are we now?
Mélanie Sadozaï examines how the 2024 LISER conference on “disruptive borderlands” highlighted borders as sites of both crisis and resilience, openness and restriction, urging a shift towards inclusive, cross-border cooperation in policy.
Turning Points, Hidden Treasures and Touchdowns: One month in Ann Arbor
UR historian Timothy Nunan reflects on a month in Ann Arbor and how it enriched his research on Shi’a Islamist transformations of the world in the late 1970s.
Congealed Labor, Canned Fish: From the Adriatic towards a global history of the oil sardine
Ulf Brunnbauer takes us on a journey from the Adriatic to the Pacific, tracing the interconnections of human, environmental and animal actors who shape the global history of capitalism on multiple scales
People from the Land: A High school story of the Mapuche Indigenous people in Chile
How are radical high school protests, environmental extractivism and indigenous identities entangled in Chile? Igor Stipić offers insights based on his ethnographic research
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