The paradox of China–India relations
Prof. Yves Tiberghien and undergraduate student Meghna Srivastava write on relations between China and India, which have been divided by both security tensions and opposite alliances but took a major step forward in March.
Disrupted Order: G20 Global Governance at a Time of Geopolitical Crisis
Prof. Yves Tiberghien argue that leaders of major countries have increasingly engaged in cognitive dissonance: there is a fast-growing gap between their continued official support for G20 procedures and their
refusal to cooperate with each other.
Prof. Michael Byers says Russia is unlikely to consider an incursion along the icy frontier with Canada
“It’s all quiet on this side of the Arctic and likely will remain that way,” Prof. Michael Byers said. “The primary military mission in the Canadian Arctic is search-and-rescue. It’s so far from Russia, and there’s so little incentive for Russian interference there.”
Prof. Lisa Sundstrom: Will Russians Toss Their Leader?
“Mass opposition on its own is likely insufficient to produce regime change in Russia. Organized Russian opposition to Putin has faced crackdowns in recent years that has left their ranks thin and in disarray, with their chief leader, Alexei Navalny, in prison for years to come,” Prof. Lisa Sundstrom writes for The Tyee.
Professors Genevieve Bates and Lisa Sundstrom answer questions about international court intervention in Ukraine and Russian anti-war protests
Can Putin be put on trial? What can literature teach us about Ukraine? What does this conflict mean for multicultural states? Could Russia’s anti-war protests take down Putin? Political Science Professors Genevieve Bates and Lisa Sundstrom weigh in on these questions with other Professors from Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.
Prof. Allen Sens discusses the reason behind Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear power plants on Global News
According to Professor Allen Sens, these attacks are about the seizure of national infrastructure. “Remember, a stated Russian objective is to conquer Ukraine and bring Ukraine back into the Russian orbit so there’s also some interest in maintaining some critical infrastructure,” he said.
Prof Yves Tiberghien comments on how the invasion of Ukraine puts China is in a tough spot as a Russian ally and global exporter
“They believe that China is rising, but rising in a world of economic interdependence. China’s economic strength is completely connected to globalization,” said Professor Yves Tiberghien. According to him, “many mainstream voices and middle-class Chinese are shocked by the reality of war in Ukraine and are writing that war is a crime.”
Department Head Richard Price talks new book, International Norms, Moral Psychology and Neuroscience
In his new book, Professor Richard Price argues that international relations (IR) theorists should engage more with research in moral psychology and neuroscience to advance theories of norm emergence and resonance. The authors discuss multiple ways in which IR literature on norms may be of use to moral psychologists, and of use to advocacy communities.
Honours graduates co-publish new paper on the missing global governance capacity around AI acceleration with Prof. Yves Tiberghien
A new working paper presented by Professor Yves Tiberghien and Honours graduates Danielle Luo and Panthea Pourmalek evaluates pathways to acknowledge the governance gap surrounding digital and AI acceleration.
Prosecuting Ecocide: a Q&A with Activists in International Courts
On Wednesday, January 19, Activists in International Courts will host a virtual panel chaired by UBC Political Science Professor Lisa Sundstrom discussing a recent proposal to add ecocide as the Fifth International Crime. We spoke to event moderator Dr. Stavros Pantazopoulos about what ecocide means for International Law.