Academic Articles & Research Papers

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...

The Study of Meaning and the Meaning of Life

In one form or another, the phenomena associated with “meaning transfer” become central issues in a lot of recent work on semantics. This study is our contribution towards clarifying the expression “The Meaning of Life” in the proceedings...

Peace in International Relations

This updated and revised second edition examines the conceptualisation and evolution of peace in International Relations (IR) theory. The book examines the concept of peace and its usage in the main theoretical debates in IR, including real...

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...

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...

Militarism and International Relations

This book examines contemporary militarism in international politics, employing a variety of different theoretical viewpoints and international case studies. Militarism – understood as the social and international relations of the preparati...

The politics of secularism in international relations

Migrant Workers in the Middle East: Not an In Shah Allah Situation

The Middle East is seen by many developing nations as a region of opportunity and prosperity. With the cost of living spiralling, coupled with mass unemployment, most Indian families are left economically strangulated. Education, healthcare...

Ethnic identity (geo)politics as a zero-sum game. Towards an assessment of the long-term effects of the Ohrid framework agreement

Since 2001 the inter-ethnic relations between the two largest ethno-national communities in the Republic of Macedonia have been regulated by the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA). Describing it as an attempt at Complex Power Sharing, the ar...

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...

Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe After Two Decades of EU Enlargement

This article examines foreign direct investment (FDI) as an indicator of economic integration, focusing on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in the two decades they have been EU members. Although CEE countries have remained on the EU’s perip...

Science in Russia and Kazakhstan: General and Special

The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the current functioning of science in Russia and Kazakhstan. The author proposes a triad of comparison of national sciences, consisting of scientometric indicators, ways of organizing th...

Ieșirea din anonimat a memoriei

In the transition process from authoritarianism to democracy, Romania has, nevertheless, omitted something:the confrontation with the communist past. With a few exceptions, used to justify certain transition sideslips (restitutions, privati...

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...

Small States in International Relations

Smaller nations have a special place in the international system, with a striking capacity to defy the expectations of most observers and many prominent theories of international relations. This volume of classic essays highlights the abili...

The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations

The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations first edition was winner of the ISA-Northeast’s Yale H. Ferguson Award, and the ISA Theory Section’s Best Book of the Year award. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations provides a...

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...

Protecting Autonomy of Rohingya Women in Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions

Photo by Sébastien Goldberg on Unsplash ABSTRACT Rohingya women face challenges that ought to be acknowledged and addressed to ensure that when they seek health care, they can act autonomously and decide freely among available options. ...

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...