Christian Bueger

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of Narrativen Praxiographie is presented, in which a Narrativ is rekonstruiert in konzeptioneller Hinsicht den Zusammenhang between Narratives and Praktiken, i.e., the Abkehr von einem reprasentativen Textverstandnisses hin zu einem performativen Verstandnis.

Abstract: We are delighted to welcome you to the European Journal of International Security (EJIS), a journal of the British International Studies Association (BISA). We launch at what is an exciting and challenging time for international security studies. It is exciting because the discipline is vibrant, diverse and growing. Theoretically, the past two decades have seen consolidation and innovation. Established traditions of realism and liberalism have proved resilient and adaptive in the face of global change. Constructivism has emerged as an increasingly persuasive and powerful voice in the field. So too have the range of new approaches that fall loosely under the rubric of Critical Security Studies; from critical theory, to feminist and gender theory, postcolonial perspectives, poststructuralism, international political sociology, and securitization theory. Similarly, strategic studies, long unfashionable, is undergoing a renaissance. Promising new innovations, evolutions and perspectives, from practice theory to science and technology studies, also continue to emerge. It is no exaggeration to consider contemporary international security studies to be one of the most powerful engines of theoretical innovation in the discipline of international relations.

TL;DR: A review of the main approaches to practice theory in practice can be found in this article, where the focus is on narratives, actor-network theory and pragmatic sociology, with a focus on how actors make sense of the world and order it through storytelling practices.

TL;DR: The international community has awakened to the importance of the sea as mentioned in this paper, and ocean health, ocean governance, maritime security and the blue economy are concepts that have received increasing attention ov...