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Civil Society in the European Union

Debora Spini

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-08-29

Civil Society in the European Union Introduction The European Union (EU) is the most important if not the only example of a postnational polit...

Cold War, The

David Atkinson

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

The Cold War Introduction The term “Cold War” refers to the period of Soviet-American antagonism that dominated the international system from app...

Colonialism

Christopher LaMonica

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Colonialism Introduction The term colonialism refers to a process of domination of one group (the colonizing metropole or core) over another (a c...

Conflict Management

Benita Sumita

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Conflict Management Introduction Any attempt to define conflict management is not an easy feat. It is a dynamic concept with blurry boundaries. I...

Constructivism

Jonathan Cristol

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Constructivism Introduction Constructivist theory emerged in the mid-1990s as a serious challenge to the dominant realist and liberal theoretical...

Counterinsurgency

Ivan Arreguín-Toft

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Counterinsurgency Introduction As suggested by its name, “counterinsurgency” is defined as a set of strategies and practices intended to halt i...

Critical Theory of International Relations

Steven C. Roach

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-08-29

Critical Theory of International Relations Introduction Max Horkheimer, one of the founders of the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research esta...

Demobilization, Post World War I

Adam R. Seipp

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-07-24

Post–World War I Demobilization Introduction The end of war is not an event, but a process. Historians know a great deal about how societies m...

Democracy in World Politics

Andrea Ribeiro-Hoffmann

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Democracy in World Politics Introduction The relation between democracy and world politics is manifold. At the conceptual level, a number of sc...

Deterrence Theory

Frank C. Zagare

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2013-04-22

Deterrence Theory Introduction Deterrence theory refers broadly to a body of academic work that came to dominate the security studies litera...

Diplomacy

Christopher Seely

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

Diplomacy Introduction States use diplomacy to resolve disputes, form alliances, negotiate treaties, strengthen economic relations, promote cultu...

Diplomacy, History of

David Atkinson

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2011-03-02

History of Diplomacy Introduction Diplomacy encompasses the myriad processes of formal and informal communication between and among states. While...

Economics, International

Andrea Fracasso

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2013-04-22

International Economics Introduction The closed economy framework—where people, firms, financial intermediaries, and public institutions inter...

Embedded Liberalism

Wesley Widmaier

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2013-05-28

Embedded Liberalism Introduction To what extent should market forces be “embedded” in institutional contexts in order to protect populations f...

European Migration Policy

Tine Van Criekinge

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

European Migration Policy Introduction Europe has a long-standing history both as a major point of destination for migrants and as a departure...

European Security and Defense Policy, The

Tine Van Criekinge

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-06-26

The European Security and Defence Policy Introduction The European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) reflects one of the newest policy areas ...

European Union as an International Actor

Tine Van Criekinge

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-04-24

European Union as an International Actor Introduction The study of the European Union (EU) as an international actor has expanded rapidly in th...

European Union, International Relations of the

Karen E. Smith

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-05-23

International Relations of the European Union Introduction This article covers three broad areas with respect to the international relations o...

Fascism, The Challenge of

David D. Roberts

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2013-05-28

The Challenge of Fascism Introduction Although fascism did not enter our vocabulary until 1919, it is highly controversial, partly because the...

Genocide

Jens Meierhenrich

Subject: International Relations »

Date Added: 2012-04-24

Genocide Introduction Genocide is a phenomenon that has confounded scholars and practitioners as well as ordinary readers. Notwithstanding the ...

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