Shifting Gears: From Global to Regional
Does it still make sense to speak of a global international society? And what methodological challenges does this pose to the English School?
Playing with Exclusionary Logics: Alternative Spatio-Temporal Understandings
An alternative spatio-temporal imagery is an ‘invitation to become lost in the world’. Everyday experiences drive the need to rethink our understanding in and of IR.
Global Ambition and National Differentiation in the Paris Agreement and the SDGs
The apparent success in reaching the Paris Agreement as well as the UN sustainable development goals should be treated with caution
The Fight against the ‘Islamic State’ in Syria and the Right to Self-Defence
The fight against IS in Syria may lead to a customary evolution of the right to self-defence, concerning the addressee of that right and the moment for action.
International Monitoring of North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
Sanctioning the North Korean economy and its leadership seems to be the best possible short-term option available to the international community to curb its nuclear proliferation.
Dressing the Sovereign: Fashion as a Symbolic Form of Sovereignty
Rather than a ‘mask’ for a decapitated sovereign, fashion diplomacy provides a sartorial symbolic form for this sovereignty, making it visible and appreciable.
Pakistan’s Security Challenges and Problems in the Next Decade
Pakistan’s agrarian economy, narrow tax base, and ever increasing population present it with more challenges than solutions in the years ahead.
From Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast: (De)Humanising World Society
World society as humanity is both beauty and beast; the concept thus ought to capture the complexity of ways human beings manage the very plurality of the human condition
Civilisations and International Society
The most powerful societies have not come under sustained pressure to construct an international society that does justice to different cultures or civilisations.
The Need for an English School Research Programme
Until practitioners begin to define precisely what an ES research programme would look like, the School’s impact on international theory remains outside the mainstream.
