Tag: IR theory

H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable 14-13 on McCourt, The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory

By Mark Raymond, Elif Kalaycioglu, Stefanie Neumeier, Jason Ralph,David M. McCourt

David M. McCourt’s book, The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory, is an important reflection on the place of constructivism within International Relations, as well as a provocative and productive statement of a way forward for this intellectually diverse research community. McCourt’s reflection is two-sided. He addresses what can sometimes seem like deep divides between…

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H-Diplo | ISSF Roundtable 14-7 on Barder, Global Race War: International Politics and Racial Hierarchy

By Alexander D. Barder, Robert Vitalis, Krista Johnson, Audie Klotz, Stephen Pampinella

“Theory” makes the world of the professors go ‘round. It is the gold ring on the dissertation-award, post-doc, tenure ladder, lead article, monograph, promotion, citation count endowed chair carousel. In political science in the United States the dominant view of theory among a self-identified ‘mainstream’ roughly corresponds to that of their colleagues in the natural…

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H-Diplo|ISSF Roundtable 14-3: Teaching Critical Approaches to International Relations

By Lucian M. Ashworth, Zeynep Gulsah Capan, Priya Dixit, Zenel Garcia, Georg Löfflmann

I very much enjoyed reading the four contributions to this roundtable. The theme that runs through all four is the different journeys, taken by different people, that nonetheless led to similar conclusions about how we can teach International Relations (IR). Underlying all this, for me at least, is a disquieting feeling that, over the last…

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Policy Series: Will Trumpism increase the Danger of War in the International System?: IR Theory and the Illiberal Turn in World Politics

By Benjamin Miller

This short piece focuses on mapping and evaluating some of the expectations of International Relations (IR) theory with regard to the potential effects of Trumpism and the illiberal turn in world politics on war and peace.[1] Obviously, there is a high degree of uncertainty here, but that does not mean that such an intellectual exercise…

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Policy Series: President Trump and IR Theory

By Robert Jervis

I never thought that I would write the phrase “President Trump,” let alone link it to IR theory. But the former is a great opportunity for the latter. Scholars of international politics bemoan the fact that our sub-field cannot draw on the experimental method. Well, now we can. Although Trump’s election was not a random…

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