Robert Cox’s landmark article, “Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Rela…
Episode 32: Social Forces, States, and Clydeside Whisky
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Episode 26: Anarchy vs. The Anarchy
The University of Chicago’s Paul Poast claims that G. Lowes Dickinson is was the OG “modern” theo…
Episode 25: The New Hierarchy Studies
Scholars of international relations don’t agree on much, but they at least agree that anarchy (th…
Episode 24: International Relations in China
What is the topography of international-relations theory in the People’s Republic of China? What …
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Episode 20: International Order
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Episode 19: “W” Stands for “Canonical Realist”
PTJ and Dan pick up where they left off – on Chapter 5 of Arnold Wolfers’ Discord and Collaborati…
Episode 18: Name Your Discord Server “and Collaboration”
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Episode 17: The Institutionalists Strike Back
ess than a year after the appearance of "The False Promise of International Institutions," the journal International Security published replies from Robert Keohane and Lisa Martin, John Ruggie, Clifford and Charles Kupchan, and Alexander Wendt. Patrick and Dan discuss this important moment in the "paradigm wars" of the 1990s and 2000s.