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Are you interested in international relations and other perspectives on the #Commonwealth of Nations? If so, register for our conference at St Mary's University University on November 29th by registering here: stmarys.ac.uk/events/2024/in…

How can academic journals harness the upside of the rapid development of generative AI tools - and at the same time establish guardrails to preserve research integrity? Read JIBS' approach to #GenerativeAI I in this new editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Countries with the most nuclear weapons in 2024: 🇷🇺 Russia: 5,580 🇺🇲 USA: 5,044 🇨🇳 China: 500 🇫🇷 France: 290 🇬🇧 UK: 225 🇮🇳 India: 172 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 170 🇮🇱 Israel: 90 🇰🇵 North Korea: 50

Vice Chancellor of St Mary's University Anthony McClaran opens the StMarysPolitics conference on international relations and the #commonwealth.

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Thank you to everyone who attended the St Mary's University International Relations and the #Commonwealth of Nations Conference stmarys.ac.uk/news/2024/st-m…

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New book chapter ‘Why free trade is difficult to achieve in practice’ by Professor Syed Kamall of StMarysPolitics St Mary's University doi.org/10.1007/978-3-… @

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“During the Cold War, major powers signed the Antarctic Treaty, setting aside territorial claims on the continent and committing instead to use it as a site of international scientific exploration and cooperation. That arrangement is now starting to unwind.”

In a 1932 essay, the economist Percy Wells Bidwell discussed the role of tariffs in fueling the Great Depression: “if protective tariffs were in reality a cure for business crises, they would long ago have had a chance to demonstrate their efficacy.” fam.ag/4hiWmvI

It would be impractical for the United States to try to match a Chinese shipbuilding capacity that outpaces that of its own by 200 times—but perhaps U.S. allies could take up some of the slack, write Stephen Biddle and Eric Labs. fam.ag/4ih7RoS

“Washington’s economic policy suddenly looks an awful lot like Beijing’s policies over the last decade or so—like Chinese policy with American characteristics,” writes Michael Froman. foreignaffairs.com/china/economic…

“Multiple independent studies of Trump’s first-term tariffs found that importers passed along the effect of border taxes to U.S. businesses and households. In the end, Americans paid the tariffs, not foreign companies.” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

As #Ramadan - a month of spiritual reflection- ends, I wish all those who observed and all those celebrating #EidMubarak

Chinese leaders expect that the Trump administration’s policies will dismantle the foundations of U.S. global hegemony—and create an opportunity for Beijing to expand its influence farther and faster, writes Yun Sun. foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-t…