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In a response to my critics I further elaborate some of the concepts central to A Cultural Theory of International Relations. I explain why it is a cultural theory, as distinct from a theory of culture; the different levels of reason conceptualised by the Greeks and their utility in moving our thinking beyond the exclusive focus on instrumental rationality of modern social science; and Aristotle's concept of anger and its implications for the behaviour of the weak and the powerful. I justify my case selection and its Western bias, but defend the universality of my theory and its non-hegemonic application to the study of other cultures.

Abstract: "What unites states and other global actors around a shared governance project? How does the group - what I will call an "international community" - coalesce and stay engaged in the enterprise? A frequent assumption is that an international community is cemented by its members' commonalities and depleted by their intractable disagreements. This article critiques that assumption and presents, as an alternative, a theory that accounts for the combined integration and discord that actually characterize most global governance associations. I argue that conflict, especially conflict that manifests in law, is not necessarily corrosive to an international community. To the contrary, it often is a unifying force that helps constitute and fortify the community and support the governance project. As such, international legal conflict can have systemic value for the global order, even when it lacks substantive resolution. The implications for the design and practice of international law are far-reaching." (Seite 317)

»Critical International Relations« versuchen positivismuskritische Theorien für das Fach Internationale Beziehungen fruchtbar zu machen. Bezugspunkte sind dabei u. a. Gendertheorien, Gramscianische Ansätze, die Kritische Theorie und der Poststrukturalismus. Vorgestellt werden die CIR-Arbeiten anhand ihrer Kritik am vorherrschenden Paradigma der Internationalen Beziehungen, dem Neorealismus.