International Relations Theory

Interview – Amitav Acharya

E-International Relations • Mar 22 2025 • Features

Acharya challenges Eurocentric IR by tracing the roots of world order to diverse civilisations, urging a shift toward a truly global, inclusive, and multiplex perspective.

Interview – Barry Buzan

E-International Relations • Mar 7 2025 • Features

Barry Buzan explores the evolution of IR, bridging history, theory, and interdisciplinary perspectives to rethink global order beyond Western-centric paradigms.

Thinking Global Podcast – Simon Polinder

E-International Relations • Jan 14 2025 • Features

Simon Polinder speaks about the concept of love, how we can use love as a lens to think about IR, fear vs. love, love in the history of international thought, and more.

Opinion – Neutrality: The Schrödinger’s Cat of IR

Radek Váňa • Sep 13 2024 • Articles

The idea of a neutral relation is illogical, and hence we should stop using this term in the International Relations discourse.

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