Thinking World Politics Otherwise

Rhys Crilley is a Lecturer in International Relations and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He has published widely on the intersections of global politics, social media, and popular culture. His current research explores how the legitimacy of nuclear weapons is communicated and contested in the contemporary era. He tweets at @rhyscrilley.Nivi Manchanda is a Reader in International Politics at Queen Mary University of London, UK. She is interested in questions of racism, colonialism, and capitalism and how they shape the contemporary global order. She is currently working on a project on borders, settler colonialism, and global solidarity, with a particular concern for Palestinian liberation.Laura J. Shepherd is a Professor of International Relations in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research explores aspects of gender and governance. She still spends too much time on Twitter, which she refuses to call X, and where she mostly lurks but tweets occasionally from @drljshepherd.Cai Wilkinson is an Associate Professor in International Relations at Deakin University, Australia. Cai's research focuses on societal security in the post-Soviet space, with a particular focus on LGBTQ human rights and "traditional values" in Kyrgyzstan and Russia, as well as on interrogating the role of genders and sexualities in international politics. Cai is currently working on projects about the politics of LGBT rights and "traditional values", and queer knowledges.Caitlin Biddolph is a Lecturer in International Relations in the School of International Studies and Education at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia. She is currently researching the global governance of transitional justice through queer decolonial perspectives. More broadly, Caitlin is interested in queer, feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches to global politics, particularly global governance, international law, and transitional justice.Stefanie Fishel is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunshine Coast in Southeast Queensland, Australia. She specializes in international relations, political theory, and environmental politics. Her interdisciplinary research engages with science and technology studies, philosophy, and the natural sciences, exploring how these fields inform our understanding of global political issues.

• 1: Jonneke Koomen and Salome Ayuak: Learning about World Politics: The What and the HowKnowing World Politics Rhys Crilley: Introduction 2: Joanna Tidy: The everyday 3: Dean Cooper-Cunningham: Discourse 4: Precious N. Chatterje-Doody: Narrative 5: Lisa Bogerts and David Shim: Visuality 6: Kristin Anabel Eggeling: Practice 7: Naomi Head, Clara Eroukhmanoff, and Amanda Beattie: EmotionsPostcolonial and Decolonial Approaches Nivi Manchanda: Introduction 8: Musab Younis: International History 9: Lisa Tilley: Race/economy 10: James Eastwood and Sharri Plonski: Settler colonialism 11: Kerem Nisancioglu: Connection/Relation 12: Sara Salem: The internationalFeminist Approaches Laura J. Shepherd: Introduction 13: V. Spike Peterson: Privilege 14: Shweta Singh: Security and Militarism 15: Perdita Sonntag, Karinda Flavell, and Samanthi Gunawardana: Global Political Economy 16: Cecilia Åse: The State 17: Alba Boer Cueva, Lenka Olejnikova and Laura J. Shepherd: GenderQueer Approaches Caitlin Biddolph and Cai Wilkinson: Introduction 18: Catherine Charrett and Mohamed Abdou: Religion 19: Amanda Álvares Ferreira: The body politic 20: Caitlin Biddolph: International Law and Justice 21: Ryan Thoreson: Human Rights 22: Julia Richardson and Cai Wilkinson: SecurityPlanetary Approaches Stefanie Fishel: Introduction 23: Joana Castro Pereira: Ecology 24: Benjamin Meiches: Violence 25: Anthony Burke: Ecological Law 26: Danielle Celermajer: Justice 27: Samid Suliman and Kaya Barry: International Mobility

At a time when inventing different ways of living and doing politics feels both urgent and difficult, the contributors to this volume give us the gift of imagination. They do not merely think world politics, but also feel and do. Here's to worlds otherwise!