International Theory

‘Governmentality’ and ‘the International’: A Power(ful) Love Story

Floris van Doorn • Jul 3 2018 • Essays

Foucault’s conception of “governmentality” has been diluted by narrow conceptions and a view of the ‘international’ as part of “the political” instead of “the politics.”

How Do Everyday Objects and Practices Relate to IPE?

Frederico Rafael Silva • Jun 21 2018 • Essays

Studying the aspects of everyday life creates a fresh perspective on IPE that breaks from traditional assumptions about social behavior and interactions.

The Prisoner’s Dilemma in Environmental Politics: One Model to Rule Them All?

Andreï-Bogdan Sterescu • Jun 14 2018 • Essays

In International Environmental Politics the important decision-theoretic features of the climate problem or overexploitation are not exhausted by the Prisoner’s Dilemma.

The Contemporary Neoliberal State and Economic Violence

Katharina Kesztyus • May 31 2018 • Essays

Neoliberal states such as the United States and Great Britain seek to promote and enhance structural inequality within their borders by exerting economic violence.

“The Turn of the Screw”: The Impact of Globalisation on Global Governance

Victoria Garrad • Apr 14 2018 • Essays

Globalisation has strained the present system of global governance due to the influence of emerging economic powers and a deficit in legitimacy.

The International Legal View of Espionage

Veronika Prochko • Mar 30 2018 • Essays

Does espionage operate on a legal-until-caught basis? This depends on how states – and international law – conceptualise state sovereignty.

How Global is Security Studies? The Possibility of “Non-Western” Theory

Bryony Vince • Jan 23 2018 • Essays

The current search for a global or “non-Western” security studies is futile as the discipline was inherently made, not for the “globe”, but by and for the West.

The Emperor’s New E-Clothes: State Sovereignty in the Cyber-era

Mattia Tomay • Jan 2 2018 • Essays

Cyberspace actors operate outside the bounds of the traditional social contract, but cyber sovereigns could emerge under a new conception of sovereignty.

Toward an Affirmative Critique of Abstraction in International Relations Theory

Enrike van Wingerden • Dec 12 2017 • Essays

Dominant abstractions within IR theory are limited in transformative potential, opposing their racialized logics creates a starting point for alternative abstractions.

The Possibility of a Cosmopolitan World Order: An Optimistic View of History

Nathan Olsen • Dec 9 2017 • Essays

A cosmopolitan world order underpinned by democracy is both a possible and a necessary outcome for international relations.

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