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It is difficult for me to imagine an international relations (IR) scholar not being interested enough in Bear Braumoeller’s The Great Powers and the International System to read this review symposium. I’ll warrant that I’m biased on the matter, having been nurtured on systemic IR theory as an undergraduate and …
A lively and vivid debate is ongoing over the extent, nature, and objectives of a possible shift in the ideological foundations that have …
H-Diplo | ISSF Forum, No. 5 (2015) A production of H-Diplo with the journals Security Studies, International Security, Journal of Strategic Studies, …
Recently, there has been a spate of books dealing with the issue of strategy and its utility. Lawrence Freedman, Colin Gray, Hew …
From the very beginning of the nation’s history, intelligence has been set aside as a conspicuous exception to James Madison’s advocacy of …
Just and Unjust Military Intervention is a superb collection of essays by leading scholars examining the continuing relevance of the political thought …
This year marks the bicentennial anniversary of the Congress of Vienna. From September of 1814 to June of 1815, over 200 representatives …
Over the last few decades one of the hottest subjects of debate in the social sciences has been the emergence of ‘cyber’ …
In a timely article, John Mitton seeks to show how the enduring rivalry between India and Pakistan has hampered NATO’s efforts in …
The past decade has seen a renewal of interest in the international history of the 1920s. This interest is apparent in what …
