Why Does Trump Think He Can?
Alex Judge, Blog Editor On the 3rd January 2026, the news broke that Donald Trump had authorised a military operation that culminated in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro...
Religious Violence in Nigeria: A Two-Pronged Resolution
Tom Dear, Review and Interview Editor There has been a recent surge in social media of various posts showing horrendous statistics of religious violence in Nigeria. Posts on Instagram include...
Making Sense of Trump’s Aggression against Venezuela: Repeating Iraq in Venezuela
Bulent Gokay The forcible abduction of Nicolas Maduro, a sitting president, and Celia Flores, who is more than just a wife, also a former head of the National Assembly, and...
From Solidarity to Surveillance: Transnational Repression and the Securitisation of Palestine Protests in the UK
By Alexandra Judge, Research Fellow Across the world, states are reaching beyond their borders to monitor, intimidate, and repress dissent. From diaspora activists facing digital harassment to dissident journalists surveilled abroad,...
CESRAN2026 – 13th Annual Conference on International Studies – Call for Papers
CESRAN International Contemporary Arab World Centre at the Faculty of Humanities at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa OBSERVARE invite panel and paper proposals for the 13th Annual...
Are Wealth Taxes the remedy as the UK re-enters an age of Patrimonial Capitalism?
Jacob Dolan, Review & Interview Editor Throughout Labour’s 2025 Party Conference earlier this month, numerous placards and even billboards displayed the increasingly popular slogan, “Tax Wealth, Not Work.” Yet, within...
Populism: A twenty-first Century euphemism
Lauren Mason, Blog Editor Across the media and political spectrum, a seemingly new yet rather familiar idea is being discussed: the rise of right-wing populism. Figures such as Nigel Farage,...
The Reshaping of the European and UK Migration System
Anastasiia Prokopenko CESRAN International Review Editor The political landscape across Europe and the UK is undergoing a profound transformation, driven significantly by the contentious issues of migration, asylum, and deportation....
Can ASEAN Stand Alone? Building Strategic Autonomy in an Unstable World
By Desmond Ng1 On the 8th of July 2025, during a state visit to the United Kingdom, President Emmanuel Macron warned that the UK and France must “work together to...
Alaska Meeting: Post-Primakov Russia
by Sardar Aziz* The U.S. president, Donald Trump, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, met in Alaska in a most spectacular way. The meeting had different meanings for different people...
The 30th Issue of The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development is Out Now!
The 30th issue of The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development is out now. Download the issue here... TABLE OF CONTENTS Research Articles India in a Changing Global Order: Geopolitical Challenges and...
“Never trust Putin”, British PM tells Trump ahead of peace talks in Alaska
Callum Gaskell and Bulent Gokay [1] International relations, particularly negotiations for a ceasefire and peace, should not be based solely on trust. It is vital to provide incentives to both...
Divine Deadlock: How Religion Entrenches the Israel-Palestine Conflict
By Alexandra Judge The Israel-Palestine conflict is often described as a political and territorial dispute shaped by history, security, nationalism, and displacement. Yet, over time, another powerful dimension has emerged:...
The New Great Game: The Role of Critical Minerals in US-China Competition
Bulent Gokay* Ukrainian sources reported that a “preliminary” agreement has been established with the US administration concerning the transfer of some crucial mineral resources to the US. Donald Trump initially...
Global Context of Trump’s Tariff Shock
Bulent Gokay* President Trump’s tariff offensive shook global markets by raising tariffs to levels not seen since the Great Depression of 1929-1930. These sweeping tariffs imposed on the entire world,...