The variations of the question ‘What is the point of International Relations?’ have been asked by so many scholars over the years that there is now a veritable literature dedicated to analysing the discipline’s unending existential angst. In a snapshot of the debates on IR’s raison d’être, [...]
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Call for papers for the 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 16–19 September 2020, Msida, Malta.
Political Economy Beyond Boundaries, a new EISA PEC standing section, is inviting paper, panel and roundtable proposals.
The section aims to develop [...]
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The Spectre of Capitalism in International Studies (Section 43)
Call for papers for the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 11–14 September 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria.
The global economic crisis of 2007–8 and its [...]
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12th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (Prague, Czech Republic, 12–15 September 2018)
Roundtable on Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis.
Section 21: Historical International Relations.
Participants:
Victoria Basham (Cardiff [...]0205
Turkey’s recent political and economic direction under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has come to occupy a significant place in academic and popular discussions on contemporary authoritarian politics. Amidst a seemingly global resurgence of authoritarian political actors and [...]
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Recovering the Middle East in/from International Relations
Call for papers for a workshop to be organised as part of the 4th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), 7–10 June 2017, Cardiff.
Despite the manifest importance [...]
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The long-delayed publication of the Iraq Inquiry fundamentally undermined the British government’s political, legal and strategic justifications for backing the US-led invasion of Iraq and highlighted former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s role in the run-up to the war. The media’s portrayal of [...]
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The following post is based on a longer review of the book to be published in September 2016 issue of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.
If you were to enter a cryogenic sleep in 2008, wake up in early 2016 and take a quick glance at the fortunes of Western capitalism, you [...]
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