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AbstractThe idea of integrative pluralism offers a promising path for the development of theory in international security and international relations. Instead of either trying to shoehorn all theorising into a single, limited paradigm or giving up entirely on theoretical progress, the integrative pluralist approach calls for bringing diverse approaches together. More precisely, integrative pluralism involves explaining specific phenomena by linking causal processes across multiple layers of reality, and then using the findings to inform broader theoretical constructs such as IR theory paradigms. Elements of the integrative pluralism approach are already visible in the work of mainstream scholars such as Snyder and Katzenstein, as well as of critical scholars such as Sjoberg and Hansen, but the field has tended to overlook these scholars' efforts at theoretical integration. To more explicitly develop integrative pluralism for our field, this article first draws on critical realist philosophy and social theory. It then illustrates how further steps in this direction might be taken, in particular by highlighting the integrative pluralist aspects of Kaufman's applications of symbolic politics theory to explaining ethnic conflict and war more generally.

Argues that the system of international cooperation of nonproliferation does constitute a regime, but that it presents a serious anomaly for contemporary theory. Concludes that power and egoistic selfinterest are inadequate to account for the regime's formation and maintenance, and points towards another independent variable that needs central consideration in regime analysis: knowledge and learning. (Abstract amended)

This book charts the role played by conceptions of truth in the development of a critical tradition of International Relations theory. Providing a detailed account of the conceptions which have shaped the work of Critical Theorists and Poststructuralists, the book reaffirms the importance of epistemic reflection for the discipline. It argues that the partially abstract character of the main strands of critical IR arises not from their concern with epistemic matters, but from their insistence that truth is purely intersubjective. Drawing on the philosophy of Theodor Adorno, the book argues that IR's critical tradition can be rejuvenated by combining its original politicisation of truth with a critical account of its 'objectivity'. The book will be a valuable resource for scholars and graduate students interested in the future of critical International Relations theory.

In article reconstructed the history of nomination and the fate of the idea of a «strategic triangle» of the three Eurasian giants - Russia, India and China (RIC); the foundations of the foreign policy and economic partnership of the three countries; examined the stages of the transformation of the idea of bringing them closer together in the geopolitical the project in the socio-political periodicals and scientific literature; the thesis about the prospects of institutional design RICK.

AbstractThis article addresses the notion of reflexivity in international theory through an attempt to transcend the dichotomy between knowledge and judgement. It intends to demonstrate that neither 'philosophical' nor 'scientific' approaches to world politics can reconcile cognitive and evaluative claims, but that such an endeavour may be envisaged within a certain conception of knowledge, science and facts. A comparison of Morton Kaplan's approach with Hans Morgenthau's and Kenneth Waltz's suggests what kind of theoretical alternatives can bring together these two seemingly incommensurable orders of discourse under a unified, foundationally reflexive epistemology.

Siempre habrá dos historias que contar de las relaciones internacionales. Una que explique estructuras y procesos, y otra que comprenda las acciones de los individuos y de los agregados sociales. Pero siempre ha sido la primera de estas historias la que ha dominado la disciplina, olvidando los significados que las relaciones internacionales tienen para los Estados y para otros actores de la política mundial ; There's always been two histories to tell about International Relations. One that explains structures and processes and another that understands individual and collective actions. But the first one has always been predominant in our discipline, forgetting what International Relations truly means for the states and for global political actors

Over the past two decades, historians of international thought have markedly improved our understanding of the disciplinary history of International Relations (IR) and its wider intellectual history. During that period, 'contextualism' has become a leading approach in the field, as it has been for half a century in the history of political thought. This article argues that while the application of contextualism in IR has improved our understanding of its disciplinary history, its assumptions about the proper relationship between historians and theorists threaten to marginalise the history of international thought within IR. It argues that unless the inherent weaknesses in contextualism are recognised, the progress made in the field will go unrecognised by a discipline that sees little reason to engage with its history. It suggests that historians of international thought adopt an extensively modified version of contextualism that would allow them to rebuild bridges back into IR, especially IR theory.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Deterrence: A Political and Psychological Critique -- 2.1 Data and Method -- 2.2 Political Failings -- 2.3 How Deterrence Can Backfire -- 2.4 Psychological Problems -- 2.4.1 Flawed Assessments -- 2.4.2 Challenger's Insensitivity to Warnings -- 2.5 Problems in Applying Deterrence -- 2.6 The Primacy of Self -- 2.7 Implications for Deterrence Theory -- References -- 3 Making Sense of the World -- 4 Poking Counterfactual Holes in Covering Laws: Cognitive Styles and Political Learning -- 4.1 The Correlational Studies: Applying Abstract Covering Laws to Specific Historical Cases -- 4.1.1 Guiding Theory -- 4.1.2 Hypothesis -- 4.1.3 Research Design and Logic of Analysis -- 4.1.4 Methods and Measures -- 4.1.4.1 Covering-Law Beliefs -- 4.1.4.2 The Need for Explanatory Closure -- 4.1.4.3 Beliefs About Close-Call Counterfactuals -- 4.1.5 Findings -- 4.1.6 Discussion -- 4.2 Experimental Studies: The Power of Counterfactuals to Change Minds -- 4.2.1 Experiment 1: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 4.2.1.1 Guiding Theory -- 4.2.1.2 Hypotheses -- 4.2.1.3 Methods and Measures -- 4.2.1.4 Retrospective Perceptions of Inevitability and Impossibility -- 4.2.1.5 Findings -- 4.2.2 Experiment 2: Unpacking Alternative Outcomes of the Cuban Missile Crisis -- 4.2.2.1 Guiding Theory -- 4.2.2.2 Hypotheses -- 4.2.2.3 Research Design, Method, and Logic of Analysis -- 4.2.2.4 Findings -- 4.2.3 Experiment 3: Unmaking the West -- 4.2.3.1 Guiding Theory -- 4.2.3.2 Hypotheses -- 4.2.3.3 Research Design, Methods, and Measures -- 4.2.3.4 Findings -- 4.3 General Discussion -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Politics and Ethics of Identity: In Search of Ourselves -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Autonomy -- 5.3 Genealogy of Identity -- 5.4 Identity Interrogated -- 5.5 Rethinking Identity -- 5.6 Structure of the Book.