The Game of Thrones TV show and novels have become appealing to scholars as they touch on theoretical concepts and issues central to IR, and feature parallels to real-world events.
No matter how we approach climate change, it is crucial that other central environmental concerns, including nature conservation, are not sacrificed in the process of phasing out fossil fuels.
The differences between Machiavelli and Bashar al-Assad in their approaches are stark. When compared, Bashar al-Assad cannot be considered a true Machiavellian realist.
Developed countries possess the means to assist developing countries emerge from the “Third World” and this is most effectively facilitated by economic globalisation.
Cultural relativism holds the potential to inhibit progress towards equality if every time a human right’s law pertaining to women is constrained by a cultural specificity.
Students usually find theory the part of courses they enjoy least. The challenge, then, is to make theory accessible, to give the students something to do, rather than just something to listen to.
Students embarking on a degree in IR will usually need to become familiar with the broader aspects of political science as an academic discipline. These books will help.
Habermas, Pogge, and Kokaz come to a similar conclusion; the establishment of some form of global constitutional order is necessary to bring about egalitarian global redistribution.
Even if the security class has grown stronger under Putin’s first two terms, it has never reached the point from where it could fully control the Russian presidency.
Failure of the world’s largest nuclear weapons states to continue bilateral nuclear cooperation will send an unnerving signal to the world community and increase the global risk of nuclear terrorism.
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