Interview – Ivan Krastev

E-International Relations • Dec 16 2015 • Features

Ivan Krastev discusses Russia’s troubled relationship with the West, the problems with democratic triumphalism, and the role of the EU in the post-Cold War world.

Review – How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism

Chris Grocott • Dec 16 2015 • Features

Using fresh theoretical tools and analysis to challenge the received wisdom of capitalist development, this title will be of considerable use to a variety of scholars.

Sociotheology: The Significance of Religious Worldviews

Mona Kanwal Sheikh • Dec 14 2015 • Articles

Being empathetic is not the same as morally approving of violence but understanding that there can be a political and religious rationale behind ‘their’ violence.

The Impact of Industrial Revolutions: China’s Rise and the Decline of Japan

Strobe Driver • Dec 13 2015 • Articles

Japan stands at a crossroads. It will have to accept that unless it de-escalates tensions through critical dialogue it will be faced with a fractious China.

What’s God Got to Do with It? Violence, Hostility and Religion Today

Lee Marsden • Dec 11 2015 • Articles

In supplanting a secular discourse with a religious discourse, actors are engaged on the basis of their faith and as representatives of a perceived religious community.

Review – MIKTA, Middle Powers, and New Dynamics of Global Governance

Hakan Mehmetcik • Dec 9 2015 • Features

By being one of the few scholarly texts to focus on the MIKTA, Jongryn’s edited volume is a substantial contribution to global governance literature.

Karl Polanyi: Diagnosing Liberal Extremism

Gareth Dale • Dec 7 2015 • Articles

Polanyi’s The Great Transformation theorises grand historical trends without losing sight of the intersections between economic history, IR and social movements.

The Rohingya, Genocide and a New Dawn for Myanmar

Andrew Fagan • Dec 6 2015 • Articles

Putting right the terrible suffering which has been systematically inflicted upon the Rohingya is going to require a great deal of political courage.

Edited Collection – System, Society and the World: Exploring the English School

E-International Relations • Dec 5 2015 • Features

This volume, now in its 2nd edition, brings together some of the most important voices on the English School to highlight the multifaceted nature of the School’s applications in IR. Edited by Robert W. Murray.

A Critical Review of the Concept of Middle Power

Dong-min Shin • Dec 4 2015 • Articles

Existing trends of middle power study are limited due to a tendency towards liberalist criteria and a lack of considerations of interactions with other entities.

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