Review Feature – Temporality in International Relations
The two books in this feature provide a policy-focussed and theoretical analyses of the phenomenon of temporality, highlighting its importance and complexity when applied to IR.
Will China-US Great Power Competition Lead to War? A Thomistic Perspective
It is reasonable to expect that China will intensify its strategic campaign to displace the US in the Indo-Pacific and as the hegemonic power on the world stage.
Outsourcing Death, Sacrifice and Remembrance: The Socio-Political Effects of Remote Warfare
Remote warfare removes war from certain privileged spaces and times, even at the price of maintaining a limitless condition of war elsewhere.
The Remote Warfare Paradox: Democracies, Risk Aversion and Military Engagement
Western democracies’ claims to the moral high ground in respect to the brutality of war are uncalled for. There is no such thing as sophisticated violence.
Remote Warfare and the Utility of Military and Security Contractors
There are important ethical, political and legal concerns with military contracting. The most serious of these is the fear that it will lead to a democratic deficit.
New Wars and New Practices in Contemporary Armed Conflicts
In IR, the statement that war has played a central role in the formation, expansion, and maintenance of the international order is widely accepted, yet evolving.
