Top Research Papers on International Relations

Abstract It is time for International Relations (IR) to join the relational revolution afoot in the natural and social sciences. To do so, more careful reflection is needed on cosmological assumptions in the sciences and also in the study and practice of international relations. In particular it is argued here that we need to pay careful attention to whether and how we think ‘relationally’. Building a conversation between relational cosmology, developed in the natural sciences, and critical social theory, this book seeks to develop a new perspective on how to think relationally in and around t...

In the textbook, the authors highlight the philosophical-historical process of the wisdom of the peoples of the world as a hypothetical picture of the quality of the reinterpretation of the individual, the state, and society in the theory of international relations. Attention is focused on the method of quantum computerization as a phenomenal digital communication in the international legal field. It is predicted that under the conditions of the international post-covid syndrome, quantum vaccination occupies a significant place in the hierarchical nature of the crystalline structure of the uni...

This updated and revised second edition examines the conceptualisation and evolution of peace in International Relations (IR) theory. The book examines the concept of peace and its usage in the main theoretical debates in IR, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, critical theory, and post-structuralism, as well as in the more direct debates on peace and conflict studies. It explores themes relating to culture, development, agency, and structure, not just in terms of representations of IR, and of peace, but in terms of the discipline of IR itself. The work also specifically explores th...

Acknowledgments vii Chapter One International Relations: A Strategic-Choice Approach David A. Lake and Robert Powell 3 Chapter Two Actors and Preferences in International Relations Jeffry A. Frieden 39 Chapter Three The Strategic Setting of Choices: Signaling, Commitment, and Negotiation in International Politics James D. Morrow 77 Chapter Four Institutions as Constraints on Strategic Choice Ronald Rogowski 115 Chapter Five The Governance Problem in International Relations Peter Alexis Gourevitch 137 Chapter Six Evolution, Choice, and International Change Miles Kabler 165 Chapter Seven The Lim...

International Relations and the European Union takes a unique approach by incorporating the study of the EU’s world role into the wider field of international relations. The text explains the EU’s role in the contemporary world. Beginning with an examination of theoretical frameworks and approaches, the text goes on to address the institutions and processes that surround the EU’s international relations. Key policy areas, such as security and trade, are outlined in detail, alongside the EU’s relations with specific countries, including the United States, China, India, and Russia. Updates for t...

Introduction Chapter 1: Research Methods in International Relations Chapter 2: Research Questions and Research Design Chapter 3: Research Ethics Chapter 4: Writing a Literature Review Chapter 5: Qualitative Methods in International Relations Chapter 6: Quantitative Methods in International Relations Chapter 7: Mixed Methods in International Relations Chapter 8: Case Study Research in International Relations Chapter 9: Field Research in International Relations Chapter 10: Writing Up Your Research

Introduction to International Relations provides a concise introduction to the principal international relations theories and approaches, and explores how theory can be used to analyse contemporary issues. Throughout the text, the chapters encourage readers to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the theories presented, and the major points of contention between them. In so doing, the text helps the reader to build a clear understanding of how major theoretical debates link up with each other, and how the structure of the discipline of international relations is established. The book place...

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic affects all countries, but how governments respond is dictated by politics. Amid this, the World Health Organization (WHO) has tried to coordinate advice to states and offer ongoing management of the outbreak. Given the political drivers of COVID-19, we argue this is an important moment to advance International Relations knowledge as a necessary and distinctive method for inclusion in the WHO repertoire of knowledge inputs for epidemic control. Historical efforts to assert technical expertise over politics is redundant and outdated: the WHO has always been politi...

DMCs are presented as relational dynamic capabilities and the moderating effect of entrepreneurial orientation and firm size on the DMCs–performance relationship is shown.

In this book Michelle Murray offers a theoretical frame for understanding the role of social factors in power transitions through the notion of struggle for recognition. Murray conceptualizes rising powers’ desire for disturbing the international status quo as a socially constructed act. Focusing on the role of material forces in states’ foreign policy calculations, the book attempts to elucidate the social aspect of states’ desire for recognition by gaining ontological security and legitimate social status. To secure a viable identity with social dignity, less recognized states, Murray argues...

A review of 23 regions’ building energy codes and standards by first comparing their quantitative aspects and then analyzing their mandated rules and approaches revealed a wide range of occupant-related values, approaches, and attitudes.

An international retrospective cohort of 25 children treated with anakinra, a recombinant interleukin‐1 receptor antagonist, as an immunomodulator forFebrile‐infection related epilepsy syndrome was potentially safe with only one child discontinuing therapy due to infection.

Abstract A wave of recent research challenges the role of regime type in international relations. One striking takeaway is that democratic and autocratic leaders can often achieve similar levels of domestic constraint, which in many issue areas results in similar international outcomes—leading many to question traditional views of democracies as distinctive in their international relations. In this review essay, we use recent contributions in the field to build what we call a “malleable constraints” framework, in which all governments have an institutionally defined default level of domestic a...

International travel-related nonpharmaceutical interventions, which can include traveler screening, travel restrictions, and border closures, often are included in national influenza pandemic preparedness plans and would have limited effectiveness in controlling pandemic influenza.

There was very low-certainty evidence that cross-border travel controls can slow the spread of COVID-19, and concerns with the quality of modelling studies related to potentially inappropriate assumptions about the structure and input parameters, and an inadequate assessment of model uncertainty.

Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic has put unprecedented strain on food supply chains. Given the ever‐increasing degree of globalization, those supply chains very often stretch across international borders. In the short run, countries have largely been working to keep those supply chains intact and operating efficiently so that panic buying is cooled and shifts in consumption habits arising from personal isolation can be accommodated. Once the crisis has passed, based on what has been learned regarding the international food system's resilience, governments may wish to strengthen institutions that...

The current status of the international regulatory framework for health-related claims in functional food products and the state of the art regarding these products market are described to help consumers for making better-informed food decisions, food industry in marketing its products with a focus on international trade; and scientists in order to put in value their research work.

This international multidisciplinary consensus statement was developed to provide balanced guidance on the safe peri‐operative use of opioids in adults to reduce the risk of postoperative opioid‐related harm in adults.

Abstract Energy‐related problems induced by ever‐continuous fossil consumption have arisen as one of the most challenging issues in the 21 st century, imposing urgent demands on advanced materials to achieve high energy utilization and a sustainable society. In various solar energy utilization and solar‐to‐fuel energy conversion processes, charge carriers are the main and inevitable participators, and the charge dynamics related to their generation, migration, separation, and utilization is the key to advance the material design for settling the above issues. Internal electric field (IEF), als...

The knowledge of REDs signs and symptoms has resulted in updated Health and Performance Conceptual Models and the development of a novel Physiological Model, designed to demonstrate the complexity of either problematic or adaptable LEA exposure, coupled with individual moderating factors, leading to changes in health and performance outcomes.