International Relations (School of): Recent submissions
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The limitations of using hard power for humanitiarian intervention by the United Kingdom
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisThis thesis makes a post-positivist historical analysis of the place of humanitarian intervention as a foreign policy tool for the UK. It starts by asserting that the UK wishes to behave in a visibly moral manner. It ... -
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(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - Thesis -
Society and analogy : notes on the contribution of Louis de Bonald to political theology
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisAmong the counter-revolutionary figures who emerged after the French Revolution, the figure and works of Louis de Bonald (1754-1840), unlike those of Joseph de Maistre, remain shrouded in obscurity. Yet, he was in his ... -
The securitisation of Islam in the US post-9/11 : indirect speech acts, "everyday" security and the logic of remoteness
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-21) - ThesisThe thesis critically examines the processes by which Islam has been securitised in the US post-9/11. I begin by asking how this securitisation succeeded, given that two of the most powerful actors in the world, G.W ... -
Refashioning the caliphate : imperial vicissitudes and the deformation of order
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-21) - ThesisRelying on the work of the political philosopher, Eric Voegelin, I argue that in the caliphate-related theoretical fabrics that appeared as of the Umayyad founding caliphs up to Al-Banna, a relation emerged between ...