Academic Articles & Research Papers

Glimpse at EU–China relationships since 2008

United Europe-China relations have a long history. For many years they have developed successfully, but not along a simple course. The main thesis of this article is that the year 2008, which is associated primarily with the onset of the fi...

Stefan Ihrig, Justifying Genocide: Germany and the Armenians from Bismarck to Hitler. Reviewed by Robert Tatoyan

Client or Volunteer? Understanding Neoliberalism and Neocolonialism Within International Volunteer Health Work

As international volunteer health work increases globally, research pertaining to the social organizations that coordinate the volunteer experience in the Global South has severely lagged. The purpose of this ethnographic study was to criti...

Libertad religiosa, camino para la paz

La libertad religiosa es el núcleo del Mensaje para la XLIV Jornada Mundial de la Paz que ha dirigido Benedicto XVI. Cuestión, sin duda, extraordinariamente delicada, pues comporta graves implicaciones en materia de seguridad principalmente...

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...

Drama-based therapy program in the recovery of adults with addictive disorders

Introduction Following the pandemic, we can find many new communication situations. Social relationships have changed a lot and are developing differently due to digital development, new lifestyles, and the effects of COVID-19. These compon...

Features of the chinese network literature

The article discusses the history of the development of network literature in China, as well as its place in modern society. Modern literature has lost its homogeneous nature, divided into the one that exists in the traditional form of pape...

International and National Law Aspects of the Abolishment of Capital Punishment

The article dwells on the contemporary situation in respect of the capital punishment both in international and national law. On the one hand, the death penalty is supposed to be forbidden and abolished as cruel and inhumane.On the other – ...

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 ...