4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1233+ words) E-International Relations Introducing Liberalism in International Relations Theory This is an excerpt from International Relations Theory. Free to download from E-International Relations. Liberalism is a defining feature of modern democracy, illustrated by the prevalence of the term ‘liberal democracy’ as…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (260+ words) We can therefore posit with a fair degree of certitude that the all-mighty concept of the state began in Germany, with German logic, and was then taken up by America, albeit with Morgenthau’s German origins. In this connexion, let us…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1508+ words) E-International Relations The End of History and the Return to Geopolitics In his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama put forward one of the most challenging and enduring hypotheses in the International Relations corpus. As…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (652+ words) E-International Relations Review – New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West Andrew Latham and Logan Leybold David Sanger’s new book presents a timely analysis of the emerging challenges to U.S. foreign policy, framing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) These approaches have undeniably enriched debates on global security by offering influential perspectives and collectively contributing to a more nuanced understanding of the field. However, a common shortcoming across these theories is their limited engagement with empirical sciences and their…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (257+ words) The Problem with Classical Geopolitics Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower The understanding of geopolitics presented above is largely dependent on seapower. The oceans are vectors of trade through sea lines of communications (SLOCs), that are defined through…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (351+ words) Challenges and Obstacles Before the Foucauldian IR Aradau, C., & Van Munster, R. (2007). Governing Terrorism Through Risk: Taking Precautions, (un)Knowing the Future. European Journal of International Relations, 13(1), 89-115. Baert, P. (2010). Social theory in the twentieth century and beyond (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Malden, MA: Polity,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (381+ words) New map, new game? In the end, the geopolitical implications of the energy transition are a matter of two steps forward and one step back, or, if we put it in a temporal perspective, one of a challenging transition with…...