In this ambitious work of political theory, Bagg argues that defenders of Western democracy tend to struggle because they fail to grapple with underlying material disparities of economic and social ...

This book discovers and examines important psychological assumptions and arguments that underlie the so-called realist approach to the study of international relations and foreign policy.¹ In these ...

The true meaning of “flexible realism” — abroad and at home. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Linda Kinstler Linda Kinstler is a scholar of law and intellectual history and ...

Foreign policy realists, for all of their intellectual heft, have historically struggled to translate their academic theories into actual government policy. Not only have realists failed to prevent ...

The author’s views are his own and do not represent those of the Air War College, the Air Force or the Department of Defense. For the record, I side with the critics when it comes to the advisability ...

During Russia's terrible and ongoing total war on Ukrainian civilians, it has become clear that one strain of so-called "realist" thought in international relations theory is a source of confusion and ...

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment in a special series published in collaboration with the Raisina Dialogue, which kicks off on Jan. 8 in New Delhi. It is adapted from the author’s latest ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine underscores what should now be a universally held truth: President Vladimir Putin views the expansion of democracy as a threat to his grip on power and key to the ...

Defensive realism is a theory of international relations that’s a useful lens to look through in order to analyze international politics today. The essence of defensive realism is that as a state ...

Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 33, No. 3, Special focus: The intellectual legacy of Brian Reddaway (May 2009), pp. 517-530 (14 pages) Austrian economics provokes mixed reactions among critical ...

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment in a special series published in collaboration with the Raisina Dialogue, which kicks off on Jan. 8 in New Delhi. It is adapted from the author’s latest ...