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Journal Article•DOI•

The Renaissance of Security Studies

Stephen M. Walt1•
University of Chicago1
01 Jun 1991-International Studies Quarterly (The Oxford University Press)-Vol. 35, Iss: 2, pp 211-239
TL;DR: A survey of the evolution of security studies, focusing on recent developments in the field can be found in this article, which provides a guide to the current research agenda and some practical lessons for managing the field in the years ahead.
Abstract: This article examines the evolution of security studies, focusing on recent developments in the field. It provides a survey of the field, a guide to the current research agenda, and some practical lessons for managing the field in the years ahead. Security studies remains an interdisciplinary enterprise, but its earlier preoccupation with nuclear issues has broadened to include topics such as grand strategy, conventional warfare, and the domestic sources of international conflict, among others. Work in the field is increasingly rigorous and theoretically inclined, which reflects the marriage between security studies and social science and its improved standing within the academic world. Because national security will remain a problem for states and because an independent scholarly community contributes to effective public policy in this area, the renaissance of security studies is an important positive development for the field of international relations.

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The Renaissance of Security Studies
Author(s): Stephen M. Walt
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International Studies Quarterly,
Vol. 35, No. 2 (Jun., 1991), pp. 211-239
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