ABSTRACT. Against the tenets of realist literature, the article argues that the main source of war in the last half-century is internally-derived, and resides in the nature of post-1945 states. Regional and temporal variations in the topography of war make suspect realist claims of state similarity and systemic explanations of war. It is not the security dilemma nor the international system, but the composition of state legitimacy and the characteristic of weak, strong, and failed states which explain war today. Regions populated by strong states, defined in terms of legitimacy, are arenas of peace, and regions of weak and failed states are a prime location of war. War, according to the realist literature in international relations, is a &a...
War made the state, and the state made war, but does this statement hold true today? Will it apply i...
Various theories in international relations offer multiple models of explanation of relations betwee...
Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that do...
The State, War, and the State of War Holsti, Kalevi J. 1996 (reprinted in 1997, 1998)Cambridge Unive...
Weak and collapsed states are portrayed as the primary global threat to security so frequently by th...
Weak and collapsed states are portrayed as the primary global threat to security so frequently by th...
This article is a brief inquiry into the changing meaning of war in Western political thought, with ...
Various theories in international relations offer multiple models of explanation of relations betwee...
This article reframes the question of the conceptual unity and sociological diversity of interstate ...
The paper contemplates on the multiple and often paradoxical relationships between major theories of...
This book recovers the history of realist theorization on nationalism and the nation-state. Presente...
This article frames the discussion of the 'state of war' in this issue of International Affairs. Beg...
This book recovers the history of realist theorization on nationalism and the nation-state. Presente...
This article frames the discussion of the 'state of war' in this issue of International Affairs. Beg...
Students of world politics disagree about the approaching outlook for war. Are we in the midst of an...
War made the state, and the state made war, but does this statement hold true today? Will it apply i...
Various theories in international relations offer multiple models of explanation of relations betwee...
Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that do...
The State, War, and the State of War Holsti, Kalevi J. 1996 (reprinted in 1997, 1998)Cambridge Unive...
Weak and collapsed states are portrayed as the primary global threat to security so frequently by th...
Weak and collapsed states are portrayed as the primary global threat to security so frequently by th...
This article is a brief inquiry into the changing meaning of war in Western political thought, with ...
Various theories in international relations offer multiple models of explanation of relations betwee...
This article reframes the question of the conceptual unity and sociological diversity of interstate ...
The paper contemplates on the multiple and often paradoxical relationships between major theories of...
This book recovers the history of realist theorization on nationalism and the nation-state. Presente...
This article frames the discussion of the 'state of war' in this issue of International Affairs. Beg...
This book recovers the history of realist theorization on nationalism and the nation-state. Presente...
This article frames the discussion of the 'state of war' in this issue of International Affairs. Beg...
Students of world politics disagree about the approaching outlook for war. Are we in the midst of an...
War made the state, and the state made war, but does this statement hold true today? Will it apply i...
Various theories in international relations offer multiple models of explanation of relations betwee...
Since the end of the Cold War, a new dynamic has arisen within the international system, one that do...