‘Through the Eyes of Love’: Looking at International Politics Differently
Love brings in another perspective and helps us to see the beautiful and the good in international relations.
Review – Terrorism: The Power of Weakness and Fear
Juan Romero’s novel approach to the use of fear by terrorists draws on an impressive range of materials and makes a valuable contribution to the terrorism literature.
Interview – Tariq Modood
Tariq Modood talks about the relationship between secularism and multiculturalism, as well as free speech and the role of political satire.
Fear in International Relations
Emotions and charged emotional relationships may permeate the international system and long outlast the initial cause for emotions, leaving self-sustaining fearful environments.
Fear in International Politics: The Long Shadow of State
Mainstream IR theories must further analyse fear and the mechanics of its invocation in order to better understand international politics and the complexities of fear.
Fear and Freud in Politics: Critical Notes on Mearsheimer’s Structural Realism
We can use Freudian psychoanalytical theory as one possible way to look at how structures in world politics can be explained and tested for their resilience.
Fear as Driver of International Relations
Fear is a primal instinct that is necessary for survival and it shapes human choices and actions in all spheres of life, including international relations.
