How to Change the Story of the Pandemic with Daoist IR
Western perspectives on IR have framed COVID-19 as an invisible enemy to be defeated, but Daoist theory may change how we understand the pandemic.
The Construction and Implementation of Migration Practices in Europe and America
Securitisation theory offers a way to analyse how migrants are framed as security threats in America and Europe through rhetoric and practice.
Are We Entering an “Asian Century?”: The Possibility of a New International Order
Both Asia’s internal political problems and America’s structural advantages prevent the “Asian Century” from becoming a political reality.
Overcoming Empire’s Seduction: Decolonizing International Relations
Post-colonial theory challenges the validity of knowledge on former colonial societies, but is often accused of being deconstructive at the expense of a practical focus.
Imperialism’s Legacy in the Study of Contemporary Politics: The Case of Hegemonic Stability Theory
Imperialism’s legacy continues to influence the contemporary study of world politics, as the case of hegemonic stability theory shows.
Liberal Peace and Its Crisis: The Revival of Authoritarianism
Only a renewed commitment to liberal peace can prevent authoritarian states from enforcing a new paradigm of illiberal peace.
The Call for a New Subject: Gender and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Covid-19 crisis has further revealed the need for International Relations to more fully incorporate the ideas of gender and feminist theorists.
Can Marxism in International Relations Offer Solutions to the Eco-Crisis?
Marx’s conception of nature was ecological to its core, and Marxism as an IR theory provides a possible framework to discuss global environmental policy.
Cultural Relativism in R.J. Vincent’s “Human Rights and International Relations”
Vincent is successful in combating cultural relativist opposition to universal human rights, insofar as his core argument pre-emptively eschews questions of relativism.
Problematic Positivism: A Post-structural Critique of Power under Neorealism
Post-structuralism’s understanding of power, intertwined with knowledge, successfully challenges neorealism’s dominant, but strictly positivist, perspective.
