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Theory vs Practice, Myth or Reality?
We should dispel the myths that scholars and practitioners come from Mars and Venus. They do not. There have more fruitful interactions and synergies than we think.
Understanding the DPRK
By seeing North Korea as rational, we might be able to look beyond the posturing and threats from all sides, and move toward resolving the Korean War with a peace treaty.
Women and the Arab Spring: A Window of Opportunity or More of the Same?
Women have made their voice heard in the Arab Spring, however, the ‘gains’ in terms of gender roles can be lost in the post-revolution period when ‘going back to normal’ is the priority.
The Need for an English School Research Program
Until the practitioners of the English School begin to define precisely what an ES research program would look like, the School’s impact on international theory remains outside the mainstream.
Great Power Management: English School Meets Governmentality?
Whilst there is hardly any doubt as to the existence of four of the five major institutions of international society identified by Hedley Bull, this is not the case with the fifth institution: great power management.
On Separatism in Latin America
Despite the turmoil that Latin America has experienced in the past 50 years, a strong sense of nationalism is widespread throughout the region, making separatist violence less probable than in other areas of the world.
The Eternal Divide? History and International Relations
Social science and history form part of a single intellectual journey, one in which both are permanently in view and in which neither serves as the coloniser of the other.
Letta’s Government: Between the Italian Rock and the European Hard Place
There is widespread domestic consensus that Enrico Letta’s government is the only road that Italy can travel for now. How long it will survive Italian and European politics is another matter.