Thinking Borders - Shahram Khosravi

This week, Thinking Borders, hosted by Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah). returns with an interview with Professor Thomas Nail (University of Denver). In this episode Marianna and Professor Nail discuss the philosophy of movement, the fluidity of borders, migration, border technologies, kinopolitics, border regimes and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

This week the Thinking Global Podcast is launching a new series with a focus on borders -Thinking Borders - presented by Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah). In our first episode Professor Shahram Khosravi (Stockholm University) discusses autoethnography, personal narratives, the ethics of writing about others, Iran, border resistance and more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Rumela Sen (@rsen02 – Columbia University) speaks with Dr. Tusharika Deka (⁠@Tusharika24⁠) to explore Maoist rebellion and governance, the challenges of fieldwork, the politics of Nepal, digital transnational repression, the intersection of democracy and technology, and much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Philip Cunliffe (@thephilippics – University College London) speaks with the Thinking Global team about the national interest, the end of globalization, Brexit and more. Dr. Philip Cunliffe speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Oliver Bisogni about his new book The National Interest: Politics After Globalization, exploring what ‘the national interest’ conceptually entails, alongside how IR ‘abandoned’ the concept, why it requires a rebirth, Brexit, and so much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Harris Mylonas (@hmylonas – George Washington University Elliot School of International Affairs) speaks with the Thinking Global team on nations, nation-building and diaspora politics. Harris Mylonas chats with Kosta Kambouris about nations, nationalism, migration, nation-building and the politics of domestic diaspora policy in relation to this. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Anthony F. Lang Jr. (@ProfTonyLang – University of St. Andrews) speaks with the Thinking Global team about universal values, International Political Theory (IPT), ethics and Hugo Grotius. Professor Tony Lang speaks with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) and Daniel Drury about conceptualising International Political Theory (IPT), normativity in international relations, intervention, his latest reflections on universal values, the significance of Hugo Grotius and so much more. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E International Relations, please consider a ⁠⁠donation⁠⁠.

Roland Bleiker (@rbleiker) the Keynote Speaker of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast, speaks to Marianna Karakoulaki (@Faloulah), Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), and the Thinking Global team about emotions and visuality in international politics, the conference, advice to young scholars and much more. This is an episode you do not want to miss. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 3 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Mollie Schnurr (Queen’s University, Belfast), Carmen Chas (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), Charles Devellenes (University of Kent), David Murphy (University of Loughborough), Erin McNally (Lancaster University), Gemma Bird (University of Liverpool), Jason Ralph (University of Leeds), Javier Bordon (Lancaster University), Jonathan Pettifer (University of Birmingham), Karoline Färber (University of Erfurt), Leandro Navarro Cabanas (University of Liverpool), Luis Campani Farias (InterAgency Institute) about the conference and their work. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open-access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 2 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Cornelia Navari (University of Birmingham/University of Buckingham), Sam Bradley (Loughborough University), Noemi Bergesio (Independent Researcher), Delia Burns (University of St Andrews), Emanuele Errichiello (LSE), David Wilcox (University of Birmingham) about the conference and their work. Stay tuned for Day 3 tomorrow. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open-access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.

The Thinking Global Team bring to you the highlights from Day 1 of the British International Studies Association (BISA) Conference 2025 in Belfast. Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠), Marianna (@Faloulah) and Daniel speak to Nick Caddick (Anglia Ruskin University), Daniela Suárez Vargas (Queen’s University, Belfast), Maxwin Paul Rayen (Kings College London), and Augustin Berea (University of St. Andrews) about the conference, the ethics of storytelling, transitional justice in conflict settings, militarization and more. Stay tuned for Day 2 tomorrow. Thinking Global is affiliated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠E-International Relations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the world's leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. If you enjoy the output of E-International Relations, please consider a ⁠donation⁠.