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The Chinese School, Global Production of Knowledge, and Contentious Politics in the Disciplinary IR

disciplinary IR, which questions the claim of the American ‘core’ as the creator, depositor, and distributor of universal knowledge, and seeks to unveil the geo-historical linkage between the political and the ... 2005 have sought to advance a philosophical critique of the worldview prevailing in Western philosophy and IR theory.38 It is his sustained attack on the ontology and epistemology of Western political

Unpacking the Post-Soviet: Political Legacy of the Tartu Semiotic School

perspective and look for projections of its concepts into the vocabulary of foreign policy. Then we intend to discuss the Tartu school from a political perspective, thus claiming that its premium put on ... Relations (IR) theorizing. Yet it is this peripherality that might bring up new insights in analysis of foreign policies of individual countries and world politics in general, since many political categories

Unpacking the Post-Soviet: Political Legacy of the Tartu Semiotic School

perspective and look for projections of its concepts into the vocabulary of foreign policy. Then we intend to discuss the Tartu school from a political perspective, thus claiming that its premium put on ... Relations (IR) theorizing. Yet it is this peripherality that might bring up new insights in analysis of foreign policies of individual countries and world politics in general, since many political categories

Is Terrorism Becoming an Effective Strategy to Achieve Political Aims?

, such as political aim, timing, context and the target of the violent acts, as well as tools and tactics. Although terrorism might sometimes show aspects similar to other types of conflict, such as ... Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Terrorism is the method of changing policies of decision-makers and behaviors of the wider society by instigating fear through violent acts

Is Terrorism Becoming an Effective Strategy to Achieve Political Aims?

, such as political aim, timing, context and the target of the violent acts, as well as tools and tactics. Although terrorism might sometimes show aspects similar to other types of conflict, such as ... Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Terrorism is the method of changing policies of decision-makers and behaviors of the wider society by instigating fear through violent acts

TIANXIA (ALL-UNDER-HEAVEN): AN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM OR A ROSE BY ANOTHER NAME?

and the 'Chinese Dream ' in International Relations Theory,” Global Change, Peace & Security 27 , no. 1 ( 2015 ): 23 . 21 Yan Xuetong , “ A Comparative Study of Pre-Qin Interstate Political Philosophy ... , 2010 ), 93 . 28 Tingyang Zhao , “ Rethinking Empire from a Chinese Concept 'All-under-Heaven' (Tian-xia ), ” Social Identities 12 , no. 1 ( 2006 ): 34 . 29 Tingyang Zhao , “ A Political World Philosophy

Foregrounding the Complexities of a Dialogic Approach to Global International Relations

contestations: (i) History vs. Philosophy, (ii) Chronology vs. Covariance, (iii) Language vs. Concept, (iv) Culture vs. Economy, and (v) Single vs. Plural. This paper sets out to shed light on these unsettled ... problematized ‘Eurocentric’ nature of IR knowledge2 – which is built upon the misconception that Western history and Western political theory are world history and world political theory – by placing it into a

Is Terrorism Becoming an Effective Strategy to Achieve Political Aims?

, such as political aim, timing, context and the target of the violent acts, as well as tools and tactics. Although terrorism might sometimes show aspects similar to other types of conflict, such as ... . 1 Terrorism can be categorized according to several criteria. The first of these is the political aim. Terrorist organizations have various political aims. Some of them want to carve out a territory

Ideology, Political Agenda, and Conflict: A Comparison of American, European, and Turkish Legislatures’ Discourses on Kurdish Question

the legislative-political discourse through 1990 to 1999 suggests that a country suffering from a domestic secessionist conflict perceives and verbalizes the problem differently than outside observers ... explanatory value of long-term quantitative discourse analysis. While the existing literature bridges this methodological gap in the field of linguistics and political philosophy, a working model is offered

Ideology, Political Agenda, and Conflict: A Comparison of American, European, and Turkish Legislatures’ Discourses on Kurdish Question

political philosophy, a working model is offered here for the study of long-term conflict perception/expression dynamics and data collection, evaluation, and synthesis. The same model could be used to explore ... , this study tests politicians' perceptions of conflicts and the influence of these perceptions on their preexisting political agendas for the Kurdish question, and offers a new model for studying

Exogenous Dynamics and Leadership Traits: A Study of Change in the Personality Traits of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

paper aims at testing the role of these two variables, experience, and traumatic event, on the personality of political leaders with a special focus on Recep Tayyip Erdogan. To recover the personality ... ; Leadership Trait Analysis; tenure in office; traumatic event 1. Introduction The last decade has witnessed the renaissance of leadership psychology research in the fields of political science and

Ideas and Interests: European Democracy Aid and the Democracy-Security Dilemma, 1990-2010

Since the end of the Cold War, advanced democracies have enacted explicit strategies of democracy promotion by providing assistance to governments, political parties, and other non-governmental ... rights) and self-interests (political, security, economic). We argue that EU democracy aid reflects a “democracysecurity dilemma” as the EU balances ideational reasons for promoting democracy with concerns

Ideologies and the Western Question in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Neo-classical Realist Perspective

Growing anti-Western sentiments around the world are currently manifesting themselves through divergent ways ranging from peaceful resistance movements to various forms of political violence. In the ... , unlike the earlier partially secular and nationalist Cold War anti-Americanism, the current popular antiWestern political movements are heavily equipped with Islamism, which appears to be an all-inclusive

Dossier : « À propos des relations natures/sociétés » − Political ecological perspectives on socioecological relations

This paper highlights the major political ecological perspectives in the Anglophone literature on socioecological relations with emphasis on three main theoretical framings: environmental/social ... ecology learn from sociology and philosophy of science ? in Goldman, M., Nadasdy , P. , Turner , M. (Eds), Knowing nature: conversations at the intersection of political ecology and science studies

A Government Devoid of Strong Leadership: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation of Turkey’s Iraq War Decision in 2003

the regional context. While the domestic political environment was favorable for the Turkish government to reach such a decision, it was hindered by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). In this ... with the United States. The domestic political environment was favorable for the ruling party to implement its decision as it had the majority in the GNAT and held key posts in the state structure

Egypt’s Defense Industry: Dependency, Civilian Production, and Attempts at Autonomy

procurement and co-production. After a political crisis in 2013, the Ministry of Military Production (MoMP) has attempted to revive defense production through new co-production initiatives with international ... economic activities. This was when the ambitious elder son of President Mubarak, Gamal, delved into the political and economic scene with an apparent scheme to inherent his father’s presidential seat. Gamal

State Human Rights Performance and Recommendations under the Universal Periodic Review

performance. It finds that, even when controlling for other factors, states with worse records on civil and political rights generally receive more recommendations than states with better records. States with ... created a subcategory of civil and political recommendations using a summation of eighteen of the categories used by UPR-Info.33 To categorize each state’s human rights performance, I use the CIRI dataset

Andrew Dobson: trajectories of green political theory Interview by Luc Semal, Mathilde Szuba and Olivier Petit

0 Sociologist, Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne , EA2483 Cetcopra, 75005 Paris , France 1 Political scientist, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR7204 Cesco , 75005 Paris , France 2 ... Professor of politics, Keele University, School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy (SPIRE) , Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG , United Kingdom 3 Economist, Université d'Artois, UMR8019 Clersé

Data Quality for Measuring Political Protest and Government Change

indicators; political protest; government change 1. Introduction Analyzing government change and political protest can contribute to understanding causes of conflict, which in turn may lead to its mitigation ... political phenomena is fraught with dangers derived from imprecise or false concepts as well as from clerical error. Assumptions and procedures in data coding affect analytical results and are therefore

Data Quality for Measuring Political Protest and Government Change

indicators; political protest; government change 1. Introduction Analyzing government change and political protest can contribute to understanding causes of conflict, which in turn may lead to its mitigation ... political phenomena is fraught with dangers derived from imprecise or false concepts as well as from clerical error. Assumptions and procedures in data coding affect analytical results and are therefore