International Relations: Recent submissions
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A theory of war as conflict without rules
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-19) - ThesisTheoretical understandings of war have been dominated by the thought of Clausewitz for a number of decades. His thought is valid in many respects, but for various reasons it is open to misinterpretation and misunderstanding; ... -
Terrorism in Indonesia : an examination of ten radical groups
(University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - ThesisThe study is based on the hypothesis that there are forces of influence that push a group from extremism to terrorism. While not all groups make the shift to terrorism, there are inherent forces within the radical group ... -
The contestation of nonintervention : international order and emergence of the responsibility to protect (R2P)
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06) - ThesisThis thesis examines how the norm of nonintervention has interacted with the norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) to construct a new normative architecture of international order. Nonintervention has long served as ... -
The problematic alliance between reconstruction and objectivity in international theory
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06) - ThesisThis thesis aims to critique three leading advocates of a particular strand of post-positivism, which has become influential in contemporary international theory, and which is characterized by three defining features: the ... -
The Group of 7 and international terrorism : the snowball effect that never materialized
(2016-04-01) - Journal articleThe article looks at the Group of 7 (G7) efforts to fight international terrorism in the 1970s and early 1980s. It examines the G7 statement against hijacking, the Bonn Declaration of 1978, and assesses how the G7 dealt ...