Academic Articles & Research Papers

Central Asia, Energy Security and Shanghai Cooperation Organization

[Sources of energy have assumed special strategic significance in recent times, particularly for fast growing and emerging economies. Central Asia sits atop the world's major energy resources, and recent years have s...

International Relations: The Key Concepts

Featuring over twenty new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its second edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it introduces the most important t...

History and International Relations

Abstract This book collects works by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913–1972), a historian and scholar of international relations. Wight conducted research on many topics, including British colonial history, European studies, internation...

Cultural Heritage-based Museum Development Strategy in Siak Sri Indrapura Regency

The Siak District Government has long tried to advance the tourism sector by utilizing the rich heritage of the Malay cultural history of the Kingdom of Siak Sri Indrapura. These efforts have strengthened since the establishment of the visi...

O PROBLEMATIZARE A BUNEI GUVERNĂRI DIGITALE

In political science today, the notions of “governance“ and “good governance“ compete as synonyms. The negative connotations of the first term (from the sphere of significance of the idea of leadership, or also care for one or more minors o...

En torno a los nexos de la religión con la violencia. El “terrorismo sagrado”: ¿Un retorno al punto de partida?

En español El trabajo se inserta dentro de una línea de investigación dedicada a los estudios del terrorismo contemporáneo desde una perspectiva teórica e histórica. Se intenta discernir los mecanismos específicos del engranaje de la violen...

Islam and International Relations

Islam and International Relations: Fractured Worlds reframes and radically disrupts perceived understanding of the nature and location of Islamic impulses in international relations. This collection of innovative essays written by Mustapha ...

Explaining and understanding international relations

International Relations

Special Administrative Region of China Aomen (Macao): Features of Relations with European Regions

This study examines the development of transregional relationships between the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Macao, and various countries and regions in Europe. It argues that Macao possesses unique rights...

Motivations, Preferences, and Barriers to Going Abroad: Russian High-tech Start-ups and Small Innovative Enterprises

This article is devoted to studying the motives, preferences, and market entry barriers for Russian high-tech start-ups and small innovative enterprises (SIE) that took part in the “Startup Village” event held at Skolkovo Innovation Centre ...

LEGITIMACY AND ILLEGITIMACY OF THE USE FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: RUSSIAN-UKRAINE AND PALESTINE-ISRAELI CONFLICTS IN FOCUS

The Russo-Ukraine and Palestine-Israeli conflicts are one of the most devastating geo-political conflicts in the 21st century. From human rights perspective, the alleged violations of international law in the ongoing war in Ukraine and Pale...

Sport and International Relations

Sport plays a highly significant role in the lives of millions the world over, and yet the impact of this global phenomenon on the subject of international relations hes been neglected. The contributors to this collection argue that sport r...

Critical Theorists and International Relations

A wide range of critical theorists is used in the study of international politics, and until now there has been no text that gives concise and accessible introductions to these figures. Critical Theorists and International Relations provide...

Interdisciplinarity and International Relations

The history of interdisciplinarity in international relations (IR) is not a simple narrative. Initially a transdisciplinary meeting place for scholars from many disciplines, IR developed after the 1940s into a closed sub-discipline of polit...

Postcolonial Theory and International Relations

What can postcolonialism tell us about international relations? What can international relations tell us about postcolonialism? In recent years, postcolonial perspectives and insights have challenged our conventional understanding of i...

GREAT POWER RIVALRY IN A CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER

The article aimed to comprehensively analyse the great powers' rivalries in the current international political and geopolitical landscape, which may be leading to a changing global order. Great Power in the Changing International Order ref...

Digital Connectivity project for Central Asia as a mechanism of confrontation between the EU and China

The article focuses on analyzing the European Union’s (EU) Digital Connectivity project for Central Asia as a mechanism of the “Global Gateway” initiative to counterbalance the influence of China and other geopolitical actors in the region....

International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction

"The fifth edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the main theories in International Relations. It explains and analyses each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions b...

Progress in International Relations Theory

All academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of previous scholarship and judging which approaches are useful and which are not. Although no field could survive if it did nothing but appraise it...