Institute of Political Studies

Foundational Fracture: Failing to Reform the World Trade Organization in an Age of Geopolitics

ABSTRACT The World Trade Organization (WTO) is at the crossroads, with a principal challenge raised to the organization by the United States in 2025 and a series of related, largely unsuccessful reform attempts over the last several years. To shed new light on why recent WTO refo...

Does municipal participation in service delivery matter? Service delivery for effective climate policy implementation

Decarbonising local public services is essential for implementing climate plans. Actors involved, such as utility companies and municipal departments, must balance financial, social and climate goals, often compromising the effectiveness of the ecological transition. While existi...

Narrating mellowness? Political soundness of “Chinese schools” of international relations

Abstract The rise of China has sparked growing scholarly interest in its political and philosophical thought, including the “Chinese schools” of international relations (IR). With this article, we add to the scholarship by asking two questions: which of these schools are mobilise...