Philip Cunliffe joins us to talk about liberal utopianism and realpolitik, shifting global power dynamics, and much more.
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Philip Cunliffe is Associate Professor in International Relations at the Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, University College London where he researches and teaches on the topics of international order, multinational military intervention and conflict management. He has 20 years of academic experience, having previously worked as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent and a Temporary Lecturer at the UK’s Joint Services Command and Staff College. He obtained his PhD in War Studies from King's College London. He has also worked as a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit.
He is a prolific author and editor, having published eight books and numerous academic articles and chapters on various aspects of international politics and security. He is committed to engaging with the public and the media, and writes for various outlets, including UnHerd, the New Statesman, the Spectator, the Times (London), Daily Telegraph, Compact, among others. He has also appeared on TV and radio including BBC Radio 4 and GB News.
Philip co-hosts the @bungacast podcast.
And tweets @thephilippics.
His Substack is here.
Philip’s UCL profile can be found here.
We discussed:
The New Twenty Years’ Crisis A Critique of International Relations, 1999-2019 (2020).
Cosmopolitan dystopia International intervention and the failure of the West (2020).
The End of the End of History Politics in the Twenty-First Century (2021).