The empire of civil society mounts a compelling critique of the orthodox “realist” theory of international relations and provides a historical-materialist approach to the international system. Opening ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Security officials stand guard outside the Great Hall of the People before an event to honor some of those involved in China’s fight against COVID-19, in Beijing, Sept. 8, 2020 (AP photo by Mark ...

I defend a realist commitment to the truth of our most empirically successful current scientific theories— on the ground that it provides the best explanation of their success and the success of their ...