Cartography and Territory in International Relations
Modern International Relations has been defined by the emergence of territorial sovereignty and borders. We cannot understand this constitutive moment without understanding cartography.
How convincing is E. H. Carr’s critique of utopianism?
Ultimately Carr’s realist critique of utopianism is convincing because of the limitations of realism which he himself recognises and reconciles with his conception of utopia. The strength of realism lies in exposing the weakness of utopian thought. It is also noteworthy that realism and utopianism per se can be interpreted differently and the interplay between the two suggests that each has no absolute position.
Can You Explain Why Internal Revolutions Often Lead to External Conflicts?
Domestically, revolutions cause massive upheavals of the political structures within a state, which affect its relations with neighboring states. On an international level, revolutionaries may actively export their ideology abroad by means of propaganda, by supporting revolutionary movements, or by directly deploying military forces to confront neighboring states. Revolutions threaten the prevailing international order because neighboring states perceive revolutions as a threat to their state’s sovereignty, which may prompt non-revolutionary states to intervene.
Habermas, Dialogue, and Change in the International System
Habermas argues that the nature of dialogue can yield positive change, but can his theory apply to conversations in international organizations?
Regime Theory and Environmental Security in the Arctic
The Arctic nations may fail in their commitments to cooperate and protect the environment, choosing instead to maximize national interests.
The Importance of Ideas in Foreign Policy
‘Ideas’ analysis highlights the role of social discourse in constituting the national interest, and how this changes the national interest across time and space.
Italian foreign policy in the Second Republic: new wine in old bottles?
Revelations about the alleged payment by Italian troops of protection money to local Afghan commanders to stop attacks on their forces have reignited a recurrent debate among scholars of international affairs: does Italy have a coherent foreign policy, or even a foreign policy at all? In the long term, Berlusconi or not, Italy is poised to remain where it firmly belongs: in the Atlantic and European camps.
The Implications of Statelessness on the Politics of Protection
By ensuring that a person is entitled to the nationality where he is most linked, an individual is more likely to be able to effectively access the rights which are bestowed upon him.
Big Powers and the ‘Responsibility to Protect’
Great power responsibility to protect is actually bolstered when effective enforcement is unilaterally implemented despite divisions among major states.
Kant’s Writings on the State of Nature and Coercion: The Domestic Analogy and the Level of Analysis
This essay argues that the early Kant largely followed the domestic analogy when describing the state of nature between individuals and states – directly affecting his views on coercion. The mature Kant however incorporated all the level of analysis into his writings and transcended but did not entirely abandon the domestic analogy.
