The unprecedented institutional and political crisis experienced by Israel even before October 7 calls for a return to its long history. For Danny Trom, its thwarted relationship with the classical model of the nation-state and sovereignty constitutes the singular matrix of this political project.

The scale of the kidnapping of Israeli civilians on October 7 was unprecedented. How has Israel's doctrine and practice evolved in negotiating the return of hostages? How can the "price" of a life be determined on a political and moral level? Is Israel prepared to pay more than other countries to save its citizens?

Scholars have studied international organizations (IOs) in many disciplines, thus generating important theoretical developments. Yet a proper assessment and a broad discussion of the methods used to research these organizations are lacking. Which methods are being used to study IOs and in what ways? Do we need a specific methodology applied to the case of IOs? What are the concrete methodological challenges when doing research on IOs? International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction compiles an inventory of the methods developed in the study of IOs under the five headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring, and Combining. It does not reconcile diverging views on the purpose and meaning of IO scholarship, but creates a space for scholars and students embedded in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs.

Having emerged with Glasnost, rock was gradually depoliticized in Russia and Belarus, but resumed its path of protest with the war, often at the cost of exile.