Academic Articles & Research Papers

The International Relations of the Persian Gulf

Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the...

Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations

International relations theory today

Peace in international relations

No campo de estudos, as Relações Internacionais surgiram com o fim último de evitar tragédias como a Primeira Guerra Mundial.Seus estudiosos, não lograram desenvolver um entendimento preciso da paz: ao contrário, concentraram-...

Retrieving the Imperial: Empire and International Relations

This essay uses Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's Empire, one of the most widely read accounts of international politics in recent years, as a vehicle to rethink International Relations' engagement with the notion of empire. We begin with t...

The assumption of anarchy in international relations theory: a critique

‘Anarchy is one of the most vague and ambiguous words in language.’ George Coreewall Lewis, 1832. In much current theorizing, anarchy has once again been declared to be the fundamental assumption about international politics. Over the last ...

Dictionary of International Relations

The logic of habit in International Relations

IR theory is dominated by the logics of consequentialism and appropriateness. But Max Weber offered four logics of choice, not just two. Beyond the instrumental rationality of Zweckrationalität and the normative rationality of Wertrationali...

Journal of International Relations and Development

Bourdieu in International Relations

Series Editor's Introduction Iver B. Neumann, NUPI Preface Emanuel Adler, University of Toronto Introduction Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen 1. Bourdieu's concepts Vincent Pouliot, McGill University and Frederic Merand, Unive...

Modem International Relations Theory: A Prospectus for International Lawyers

In 1985, in a book entitled World Politics and International Law, Francis Boyle delivered a caustic critique of the work of international legal scholars: "contemporary public international lawyers have developed a highly formalistic and exc...

Assessing Corruption in Agricultural Cooperatives: Differences in the Perceived Level of Corruption Using Microdata

The agricultural branch of the Portuguese cooperative sector assumes an important role in rural development and in the inter-cooperation with local, regional, national, and international structures. Given the principles and values that guid...

Israel, Iran, and Peace in the Middle East: An Analysis of Identity Formation, Enemy Construction, and the Logic of Expansionism

Introduction This article offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolving antagonism between Israel and Iran, integrating political-sociological, historical, and geopolitical perspectives. While the immediate catalyst for this inquiry is Is...

International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity

Written by leading figures in the field, the third edition of this successful text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of all the major theories of international relations, supporting them with case study examples.While some of...

Human Rights in International Relations

This third edition of David P. Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in an age of upheaval in international politics. Human rights standards are examined at the global, regional and n...

Culture and International Relations

Culture and International Relations contextually re-examines the history of international relations in order to explore how the discipline has imported and employed the concept of culture. The author challenges the notion that IR has only b...

Madness in International Relations

Madness in International Relations provides an important and innovative account of the role of psychology and psychiatry in global politics, showing how mental health governance has become a means of securing various populations, often with...

International relations theory and the Third World

Introduction: International Relations Theory and the Third World: An Oxymoron? S.G.Neuman Beyond Anarchy: Third World Instability and International Order after the Cold War A.Acharya Subaltern Realism: IR Theory Meets the Third World M.Ayoo...

Quasi-States: Sovereignty, International Relations and the Third World

Introduction 1. States and quasi-states 2. A new sovereignty regime 3. Sovereignty regimes in history 4. Independence by right 5. Sovereignty and development 6. Sovereign rights versus development 7. Quasi-states and international history C...

Sport, Prestige and International Relations

In An Essay Written In The Mid-1980S Trevor Taylor Concluded that ‘. . . international relations scholars show little sign of seriously considering the place of sport in global human affairs’ and prescribed that ‘international relations sho...