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1. The Religious Foundations of Internationalism 2. The Reason of States 3. Why Nations Realign 4. Marxism-Leninism and the Theory of International Relations 5. The Community of States 6. Current International Treaties 7. International Cultural Relations 8. The Condition of States 9. Explorations in Ethics and International Relations 10. Essay Collections in International Relations

This Introduction contextualises this special anniversary issue of the journal. The Editors of a previous 2013 special issue of the EJIR (The End of International Relations Theory?) asked if the paradigmatic "theoretical cacophony" in IR was deep and irresolvable. We argue that there is still very much a conversation going on across 'generalist' and specialised IR journals, and that renewal and broadening is more important than boundaries per se. Meanwhile the field of International Relations has continued to broaden, absorbing much from other social science disciplines in the process. Yet IR has a problematic relationship with interdisciplinarity, often discovering as 'new' what other fields have long debated and in turn 'domesticating' these insights from other fields by fitting them into existing IR paradigms. This special issue is thus aimed above all at what 'we' in IR are not seeing from other disciplines, and we go on to argue how IR scholars might best employ 'transdisciplinary' insights to ensure the future dynamism and innovation of the field. We argue that in this context, a special effort of critical and open engagement with work that makes us uncomfortable is required and that the very notion of inter-disciplinarity takes on a new form.

"Nothing illustrates better than the COVID-19 pandemic how movements of people, flows of data, and commerce connect our interdependent world. Because pathogens do not respect national borders, the SARS-CoV-2 virus caused a global economic shock and a worldwide downturn, sending governments throughout the world scrambling for policies to stop the spread of the disease while supporting their economies. As this book went to press, the crisis was still underway, with the arrival of several effective vaccines giving hope of a road back to normalcy. Many lessons will be drawn from the recent pandemic experience, but one is the importance of an international perspective for analyzing events of worldwide economic significance and countries' responses. The purpose of this book is to equip students with intellectual tools for understanding the economic implications of global interdependence. We have thoroughly updated the content and extensively revised several chapters. These revisions respond both to users' suggestions and to some important developments on the theoretical and practical sides of international economics."

Covering a broad range of approaches within critical theory including Marxism and post-Marxism, hermeneutics, feminism, queer theory, deconstruction and psychoanalysis, this book provides students with an introduction to 32 key critical theorists whose work has been influential in the field of international relations.

A theory, writes Anthony Wilden, like any other adaptive system, must have a survival value. It is impossible, he continues, 'for a theory not to have a referent or a goal outside itself, since "pure truth" not only does not exist, it has no survival value whatsoever.' Wilden's reference to the 'external' goal of a theory suggests that theories carry subliminal messages which exceed the strict boundary of their textual content. An effective technique for identifying the political and normative undertones communicated by theories is an inquiry into those areas which supposedly of peripheral significance to them.

Mearsheimer discusses his background, academic interest in international relations & international security issues in particular, his influences, & his offensive realism in the current international context. Mearsheimer spends some energy on Waltz's international relations theory & defends his own theorizing -- ie, his logic of great power action -- in light of some problems in Waltz's thinking. He then offers some remarks on the limits of US power, indicating that its invasion of Iraq was a miscalculation. He also comments on why he adamantly opposed the invasion despite being an offensive realist. Focus turns to Mearsheimer's (1990) prediction that the Cold War will be missed, asserting that it has not happened yet because the US remains in Europe so the European states have not restarted their continental power struggle. He contends that the EU is not a blatant anomaly in his theory & argued that the US should stay out of Europe no matter the consequences. He then spends some time on his idea of the tragedy of great powers, identifying its essence as the security dilemma, which he deems the basic logic of offensive realism, as well as the uncertainty of intentions. D. Edelman