Academic Articles & Research Papers

Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security.

Emily S. Rosenberg; Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security. By J. Ann Tickner. (New York: Columbia Universit...

Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations

The essays collected here relate the writings of Antonio Gramsci and others to the contemporary reconstruction of historical materialist theories of international relations. The contributors analyse the contradiction between globalising and...

The Study of International Relations

This wide-ranging study surveys the present state of international relations as an academic field. It locates and assesses recent developments in the field - in short, what is being done where, by who...

Hobbes and international relations: a reconsideration

Hobbes has long been a central figure in the theory of international relations. He has also been a badly misunderstood one. While often invoked to support contemporary theories of international politics, Hobbes's thinking actually challenge...

International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

The contemporary importance of the Asia-Pacific region in international relations has generated a very large and diverse academic literature. This four-volume set brings together for the first time a collection of essential articles coverin...

Humanitarian diplomacy and the countries of the Global South: Trends and discourses

In recent years, discussions about the essence of humanitarization and humanization of international relations have intensified due to the aggravation of economic, social, and ethical problems against the background of a sharp deterioration...

International Law and International Relations

This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations; disciplines that have engaged little with one another since the Second...

Hedging in international relations: an introduction

In recent years, the concept of ‘hedging’ has risen to prominence in international relations discourse. Hedging normally refers in that context to a national security or alignment strategy, undertaken by one state toward another, featuring ...

The Gender Citation Gap in International Relations

Abstract This article investigates the extent to which citation and publication patterns differ between men and women in the international relations (IR) literature. Using data from the Teaching, Research, and International Policy project o...

International Relations in the Cyber Age

A foundational analysis of the co-evolution of the internet and international relations, examining resultant challenges for individuals, organizations, firms, and states. In our increasingly digital world, data flows define the internationa...

Introduction to International Relations

Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories, and explores how theory can be used to analyse contemporary issues. Readers are introduced to the most important theo...

The International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction: Africa's International Relations 1. The Times They Are(N't) A-Changing: American Policies in Africa 2. Of Spin and Mirrors: Britain and New Labour's Policies Towards Africa 3. Effronterie Magnifique: Between La Rupture and Rea...

Hugo Grotius and International Relations

Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), ‘the miracle of Holland’, was famous as a child prodigy, theologian, historian, poet, jurist, Dutch political figure, escaped political prisoner, and finally as Sweden's ambassador to France. He is especially known...

Cyberpolitics in international relations

Posthuman International Relations

About the authors Erika Cudworth is senior lecturer in international politics and sociology at the University of East London. Her research interests are in political theory, broadly conceived, particularly feminisms, ecologisms and complexi...

Memory and Trauma in International Relations

Microfoundations in international relations

Many of our theories of international politics rely on microfoundations. In this short note, I suggest that although there has been increasing interest in microfoundations in international relations (IR) over the past 20 years, the frequenc...

Regime Theory and International Relations

Abstract International regimes are systems of norms and rules agreed upon by states to govern their behaviour in specific political contexts or `issue areas' whether this be trade policy, proliferation of nuclear weapons, or the control of ...

The Study of International Relations

A Conceptualization of Trust in International Relations

This article provides a conceptualization of trust in interstate relations in terms amenable to research. In the field of International Relations trust is often equated with the willingness to take risks on the behavior of others. However, ...