Author profile: Seán Molloy

Seán Molloy (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SeanMolloyIR) is Reader of International Relations at The University of Kent. Dr. Molloy has published two books: The Hidden History of Realism: A Genealogy of Power Politics (Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2006) and Kant’s International Relations: The Political Theology of Perpetual Peace (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017). Dr. Molloy has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship to investigate the role played by Marx and Hegel in E.H. Carr’s theorisation of the role of ethics in IR. He was a Principal Investigator on the Leverhulme supported Classical Realism Meets Critical Theory international research network. He can be found on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SeanMolloyIR. 

Opinion – Labour’s Embrace of Realism: Progressive or Problematic?

Seán Molloy • May 2 2024 • Articles

The dilemmas facing UK foreign policy cannot be solved by the combination of a mechanistic realism and the profession of progressive aims.

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