Twelve years ago, in their foreword to the first issue of International Security, the editors
expressed the hope that the journal would" contribute to the disciplined discourse that …

▪ Abstract I organize this review and assessment of the literature on the causes of war
around a levels-of-analysis framework and focus primarily on balance of power theories …

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the concept of power has not always been central to
international relations theory. During the 1920s and 30s, power was often ignored or vilified …

Why do nations break into one another's most important computer networks? There is an
obvious answer: to steal valuable information or to attack. But this isn't the full story. This …

John Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been
embedded within various forms of Eurocentrism. Rather than producing value-free and …

Drawing upon philosophy and social theory, Social Theory of International Politics develops
a theory of the international system as a social construction. Alexander Wendt clarifies the …

The authors analyze the nation-state as a worldwide institution constructed by worldwide
cultural and associational processes, develo** four main topics:(1) properties of nation …

Democracy is the most potent political idea in the world today, yet the future of democracy is
increasingly uncertain. Key assumptions of democratic thinking and practice are being …

Although international relations theory has been dominated for two decades by debates
over theories of international politics, recently there has been a surge of interest in theories …

While neorealism and world-system theory both claim to be “structural” theories of
international relations, they embody very different understandings of system structure and …