Author profile: A.C. McKeil

A.C. McKeil is a PhD Candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He previously served as a Articles Editor with E-IR and contributed editorial blog posts during his studies at Aberystwyth University.

Student Feature – A Brief Introduction to the Study of International Relations

A.C. McKeil • Jul 3 2017 • Articles

This feature is for the new student interested in becoming familiar with the study of International Relations (IR) and also for students struggling to grasp how IR fits together as a whole.

IR and the Pursuit of Knowledge: Endless Theoretical Questions?

A.C. McKeil • Sep 16 2013 • Articles

Questions and reflections drawn from Tim Dunne, Lene Hansen and Collin Wight’s laudable and important EJIR special issue, ‘End of International Relations Theory?’ and its companion symposium.

International Relations as Historical Political Theory

A.C. McKeil • Aug 5 2013 • Articles

Linking History to Political Theory, with an international bridge, gathers deep and important questions, which form an intellectual and academic pursuit greater than the sum of its parts.

Waltz, Wight and Our Study of World Politics

A.C. McKeil • Mar 23 2013 • Articles

Waltz and Wight addressed important questions, both for scholars, practitioners and society at large. While not entirely successful in solving them, their works continue to inspire our thinking today.

Is IR a Force for Good in the World Today?

A.C. McKeil • Aug 24 2012 • Articles

The average person knows little or nothing about IR’s issues. This lack of relevance suggests that the discipline should be more self-critical. The next stage in IR’s development should not be theoretical – but attitudinal.

The Iraq War in International Society

A.C. McKeil • Jul 25 2012 • Essays

The humanitarian and democratic war motives that partly contributed to the illegal and bloody Iraq war are symptomatic of the old normative contradictions of international society.

Turned Inside-Out: The Concept of the Political and Reflexive International Relations

A.C. McKeil • Jul 4 2012 • Essays

While international politics is fettered and formed by the imperious political culture of the West, IR is developing a reflexive turn. That turn gives a new compelling impetus to the popular and radical traditions of resistance and critique.

Linkage – Don’t Blame Theory!

A.C. McKeil • Jun 3 2012 • Features

Christian Reus-Smit diagnoses IR’s disciplinary ailment in Millennium’s latest special issue by pointing out that an anti-theoretical turn to pragmatist problem-solving research is not the correct prescription for IR.

Linkage – Dividing Discipline

A.C. McKeil • May 1 2012 • Features

Kristensen’s article fills a quantitative gap in the literature on the divisions of IR scholarship with bibliographic coupling, which maps the communication networks of the discipline.

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