War with China: Ascending Powers, Expansionism and the Use-of-Force
The current state-of-affairs suggests that as China is exhibiting a pre-WWI German paradigm a war will happen as it exponentially increases its expansionism.
Deliberation and Strategic Action: How they Mutually Enhance Norm Diffusion
Norm diffusion involves the cost–benefit calculations of strategic behaviour enhancing the communicative reasoning of deliberative behaviour, and vice versa.
Discourse, Power, and Subjectivity in Global Politics
IR often ignores the political forces that shape which discourse prevails. Discourse and emotional investments in “we-ness” shape foreign policy from BREXIT to the GWOT.
Hidden Victims of International Terrorism: Muslim Women in the USA
Muslim women face a dilemma: in some places they are attacked for not wearing a headscarf, in others for wearing one. After every new terrorist attack, they are targeted.
The Legacy of the Obama Administration
During Obama’s tenure America’s global leadership has declined to its lowest ebb leaving some allies to wonder how much they can rely on the US.
Review – The New Power Politics: Networks and Transnational Security Governance
Through a balance of quantitative and qualitative methods this volume links formal network analysis with an innovative conception of power as a dynamic element.
Income Inequality & Subaltern America: Thoughts for U.S. Election Day
The next President of the U.S. is going to have to face the consequences of high levels of income inequality among the grassroots of the American people.
Online Resources – US Foreign Policy
Primary resources, declassified papers, public policy documents and links to the Presidential Libraries in the USA. Part of E-IR’s Online Resources section.
A No-First-Use Policy Would Make the United States Less Secure
The benefits of a no-first-use policy are unlikely to materialize. Rather, the US is much more likely to see a number of negative consequences.
No First Use of Nuclear Weapons: An Option for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy?
As long as military and political leaders are aware of the effects of nuclear weapons, the barrier to crossing the nuclear threshold would remain prohibitively high.
