Normative Theory
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.
Pluralism, the English School and the Challenge of Normative Theory
English School pluralism does not deserve its current reputation as a statist, conservative and declining facet of the English School project.
International Regimes and the Just War Tradition
Conceiving of the just war tradition as a security regime may offer insights that scholars could find interesting, particularly from Grotian, social constructivist, and critical theory perspectives.
Ethics and Empirics: The Influence of Hayward R. Alker on Global Studies
Alker demonstrated the importance and the practicality of ethically grounded, empirically rigorous studies of global relations. He leaves behind an important body of work.
