In addition to the loss of many lives and livelihoods, Russia’s war aggression against Ukraine has also led direct indirect harm environment in other parts world: local ecosystems have been destroyed polluted, affecting human security health as well biodiversity for years come. Any attempt build a sustainable peace after will consider these environmental insecurities their origins historically asymmetric relationships between external actors centred around resource extractivism. this paper,...

Space debris is a major issue for space safety. In this context, there growing norm of disposal orbital through atmospheric re-entry. The few existing studies, including our own modelling, agree that the projected exponential growth satellites in Low-Earth Orbits (LEO) may come at expense damaging integrity middle and upper atmosphere, with potentially unforeseeable consequences. We argue sustainable LEO management requires overcoming what we call 'atmosphere-blindness': limited...

Like other international institutions, the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) relies on goodwill and self-binding commitment of its members. Legitimacy, understood as belief in 'rightfulness' a governing arrangement by stakeholders, lies at heart ATS' success multilateral institution. Global warming geopolitical power shifts are poised to challenge established forms legitimacy effectiveness, with external calls for democratisation reform increasing. Using concepts input, output, throughput...

As the short to medium-term social and economic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic dominate world issues, longer-term environmental geopolitical concerns remain great concern. However, appetite for tackling complex transdisciplinary anthropogenic change processes may be receding rather than accelerating. In this essay, we propose that Antarctica, continent peace science, a place assumes role as global imaginary Other, where short- long-term horizons co-exist, is site signs regeneration in...

S outh K orea's rising status in regional and global affairs has received significant attention recent years. In academic, media, policy debates, though, orea is usually regarded as a mere middle power that, due to its geopolitical situation, only limited leeway foreign choices. Accordingly, it must constantly maneuver between larger neighbors: C hina, J apan, R ussia. However, this perspective negates the fact that same constraints also apply other states region. Thus no country can easily...

South Korea’s rising status in regional and global affairs has received much attention recent years. But academic, media policy debates Korea is usually regarded as a mere middle power that, due to its geopolitical situation, only limited leeway foreign policy. Accordingly, it must constantly maneuver between larger neighbors: China, Japan Russia. However, this perspective neglects the fact that same constraint also applies other states region. No country can easily project over others. We...

The D okdo/ T akeshima dispute between the ROK and J apan remains single biggest obstacle to an improvement of S outh K orean– apanese relations. issue forces orean foreign policy actors constantly maneuver engagement with out strategic interests confrontation because islets' symbolic value for national identity. Still, scholarly debate has failed comprehensively grasp constitution okdo as a political issue, while reducing it “irrational emotions” that unnecessarily hinder urgent bilateral...

Space debris is a major issue for space safety as any collision of object with even small piece can have catastrophic consequences. The most recent dramatic increase the number satellites in Earth’s orbit clearly exacerbating risks. In this context there growing norm disposal orbital through atmospheric re-entry: to ‘burn up harmlessly atmosphere’, order provide ‘clean space’. Unfortunately, very little data on environmental impact deorbiting chemistry and in-situ collection practically...

Abstract Should current unmitigated emissions continue, there is a growing chance of collapse the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, one planetary climate tipping points at greatest risk being crossed. Such would subject world to an increase several metres in average global sea-level rise over just few centuries. In this context, academic debate about potential supporting glacial stability through artificial infrastructures such as undersea ‘curtain’. However, ‘ice sheet conservation’ come with...

Abstract While the Antarctic Treaty System intended to keep Antarctica an area of international cooperation and science free from militarisation conflict, region has not been completely shielded global power transitions, such as decolonisation end Cold War. Presently, emerging countries Asia are increasingly willing invest in polar infrastructure on back their growing influence world politics. South Korea also invested heavily its capabilities recently identified actor with economic...

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. While the Antarctic Treaty System intended to keep Antarctica an area of international cooperation and science free from militarisation conflict, region has not been completely shielded global power transitions, such as decolonisation end Cold War. Presently, emerging countries Asia are increasingly willing invest in polar infrastructure on back their growing influence world politics. South Korea also invested heavily its...

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Summary This paper provides a contextualized reading of the South Korean 2016 hit drama ‘Descendants Sun’, most prominent pop cultural manifestation Republic Korea’s rising status as global middle power. Through linking fictional peacekeeping mission to confidently nationalist conception identity, normalizes troop deployments by circumventing traditional narratives for legitimation. argument rests on observations concerning omission any historical and UN context deployment, Othering United...