What Benedict Anderson Doesn’t Understand about the Imagination
Let us accept that nations are imagined, but let us see if we can provide a better account of how imagination works. Rethinking the imagination, we have to rethink nationalism.
Constructivism and ‘First Encounters’: A Critique
Constructivists are mistaken to only look at the interpreted, verbalized, aspects of international encounters. Our investigations must study what our bodies know and the suggestions they make.
Samuel Huntington and the American Way of War
Huntington’s thesis has aided and abetted liberals with access to firearms; presenting them with suggestions, imperatives and hopes. As such his argument is a classic self-fulfilling prophecy.
Student Feature – The Evolution of the Nation-State
This student feature introduces readers to the development of nation-states. Once believed to offer perpetual peace, they soon gave rise to an even harsher form of war.
The Making of the Modern World
International politics, for good and for bad, was shaped by Europeans and by non-Europeans copying European examples.
