International Relations Theory

Often appearing as case studies for poverty, development, and conflict in the field of international relations, Africa is rarely depicted as a region with extensive agency. Furthermore, African and black…

Constructivists often criticize mainstream International Relations (IR) theories for their colonial approach to the cultures, knowledge, and agency of Indigenous peoples. Despite their intentions, constructivist approaches fail to decolonize IR.

Shop the Entire Current Issue- The Integration of Regions  ||  Return to The Integration of Regions index “He maintains that even if the majority of Iranians…

Shop the Entire Current Issue- The Integration of Regions  ||  Return to The Integration of Regions index “All too often, the EU is pictured as a ‘model’…

Shop the Entire Special Issue- International Engagement on Cyber: 2012  ||  Return to International Engagement on Cyber: 2012 index   “The search…

Shop the Entire Special Issue- International Engagement on Cyber: 2012  ||  Return to International Engagement on Cyber: 2012 index “Destabilizing the…

GJIA recently sat down with Dr. Robert Lieber, Georgetown University political scientist and author of the recently published book, Power and Willpower in the American Future: Why the United…

Historians and political scientists have traditionally divided countries into status quo and revisionist powers. The former tend to accept the existing international system as it is, while the latter reject…

GJIA’s online editor Gideon Hanft recently revisited an interview piece that GJIA conducted with Kenneth Waltz, one of the founders of structural realism. A centerpiece of Waltz’s work is his…