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Theory of International Politics
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The article was published on 1979-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7932 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Global politics & International relations.read more
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Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks
TL;DR: The theory of international politics is written in terms of the great powers of an era as mentioned in this paper, which is inductively derived from the European experience of the past four centuries, during which Europe was the locus and generator of war, innovation, and wealth.
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After Postpositivism? The Promises of Critical Realism
Heikki Patomäki,Colin Wight +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the current self-understanding of IR theory is misconceived and that it is time to move beyond the stagnant positivism/postpositivism debate and propose a critical realist philosophy.
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A Cultural Theory of International Relations
TL;DR: In this article, the spirit and its expression in the ancient world, from Sun King to Revolution, and World War II to the present day, are discussed, and a survey of the results is presented.
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Constructing national interests
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that to be useful in accounting for state action, the concept of ''the national interest'' should be reconceptualized in constructivist terms.
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Relative Gains and the Pattern of International Cooperation.
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that relative gains do impede cooperation in the two-actor case and provide an important justification for treating international anarchy as a prisoner's dilemma problem; but if the initial absolute gains situation is not a prisoner' dilemma, relative gains seeking is much less consequential.
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