The PNAC (1997–2006) and the Post-Cold War ‘Neoconservative Moment’
The PNAC represented the post-Cold War neoconservative moment, and played a vital role in the intellectual revival of neoconservatism during the second half of the 1990s.
Student Feature – Spotlight on Liberal Internationalism
Liberal internationalism is one of the dominant traditions of IR. History shows its connection to the emergence of the concept of ‘the international’ itself.
Hegemony and Diversity in the ‘Liberal International Order’: Theory and Reality
Global power shifts, anti-globalization sentiments and the rise of populist leaders highlight a crisis in the ‘hegemony-diversity gap’ at the heart of the liberal order.
Review Feature – The US Foreign Policy Consensus in Crisis
Richard Coughlin analyses Kagan and Walt’s decade old debate on IR theory, the clash between realism and liberalism and how it ties into modern politics in the Trump era.
Interview – Christian Davies
Journalist Christian Davies talks to us about the current situation in Poland, Poland and Hungary’s relations with the EU, and some of the challenges facing journalists.
Hatred and Fear: Bolsonaro and the Return of Irrational Politics
Brazil is yet another case of liberal politics deteriorating into the fetid morass of hatred, fear, baseless accusations and prosecutions against those seen as enemies.
Student Feature – Theory in Action: Liberalism and American Imperialism
US relations with Mexico in the 1910s show how institutional and normative domestic structures restrained the use of violent power.
Review – The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth
Mandelbaum’s book is an analytically flawed, contradictory and unconventional piece of realist scholarship that considers the instability of the post-Cold War period.
Out of Illusion, Weakness: Liberalism and Its Blind Spots
The paradox is that, in order to save liberalism at home, liberal states may have to become more realist in their dealings with the illiberal world beyond.
Norms, Norm Violations, and IR Theory
With the shift from a unipolar world to a multipolar one, understanding the interactions between strong powers and norms, norm violations, and norm shifts is important.
