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"This textbook shows how to think about international relations and offers insights into its most important theories and issues. Written from beyond the Anglo-US academic environment, with attention to regional nuances, it teaches students to perceive international politics in an organized and theoretical way, thus helping them grasp the complexity of the subject and see simple ways of making sense of it. Providing a thorough introduction to the main theories and approaches to international relations, the book covers the main dilemmas, concepts and methodological issues alongside a number of neglected theoretical paradigms such as institutionalism, Marxism, critical approaches, feminism and power in world politics. It will be of great use as a main textbook as well as a supplementary guide for related courses, including Foreign Policy Analysis, Conflict Studies, Security Studies, History of International Relations, International Organizations and Global Governance"--

International Relations Theory offers a unique approach to help students think conceptually and critically about how our contemporary world of diverse state and non-state actors works, but also the implications of domestic and global changes. The seventh edition covers current IR theory images (realism, liberalism, economic-structuralism, and the English School), interpretive understandings (constructivist, feminist, postmodern, critical theory, and green theory), normative considerations, and intellectual foundations from the ancient world to the modern era.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: International Relations Theory of War -- The Systemic International Outcomes-Stability of International Systems -- The Intrasystemic International Outcomes-Territorial Expansion of Polar Powers -- International Outcomes: Primary Disputes and Coping -- Why Do Wars Break Out? Structural Theoretical Research -- The Structure of the Book -- Chapter 1: War-Theory and Analysis of Results -- On Powers and Wars -- Systemic International Outcomes -- Systemic Factors and International Systems Durability -- Systemic Factors and International Systems Stability -- Intrasystemic International Outcomes -- Systemic Factors and Expansion of Influence of Polar Powers -- Systemic Factors and Expansion of Influence of Polar Powers at the Ends of Wars -- Chapter 2: International Relations Theory of War -- Basic Assumptions of the Theory -- Hypotheses of the Theory Concerning the Two International Outcomes -- Stability of International Systems -- Degree of Territorial Expansion -- The Transhistorical Principles -- Anarchy and the Tendency to Hegemonies -- Homeostasis and Preservation of the System -- Polarity of the System: The Independent Variable -- The Most Important Player in the International System: The State -- Great Power or Polar Power -- Polar Power in the Current Study -- Possible Polarity Models -- Polarity of the System and International Outcomes -- Summary of the Principle of the Model -- The Systemic Status of the International Relations Theory of War -- The International Relations Theory of War and Other Key Realist Theories -- Chapter 3: Polarity of the System -- Chapter 4: How the Research Is Empirically Examined -- Systemic Factors and Stability of International Systems -- Stability of International Systems-Quantitative Research.

This innovative assessment of the current state of International Relations theory diagnoses a deep malaise in the field and proposes a reorientation from metatheoretical concerns to the theoretical exploration of central policy issues and dilemmas confronting the 21st century world.

Metaphors constitute a fundamental way in which humans understand the world around them. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of metaphors in theories of international relations. Until recently, conscious attention to metaphors in theories of international relations has been haphazard and sporadic. This book examines the metaphors that inform the major paradigms in international relations theory.

The concept of international relations (IR) theory in the People's Republic of China differs drastically from that of the West. The construction of the IR discipline & theory, which began in response to the call of the CCP Central Committee leadership in the Cold War era, is a relatively new development in China, although there is universal agreement among scholars that ancient China has tangibly influenced present-day international attitudes toward China's leaders & its foreign policy. It is also evident that IR theory construction in China is, today, undergoing drastic reform. Many theorists are arguing for a distinct IR theory that conforms to "Chinese characteristics." Yet, because of China's historical lack of IR theory, it is still necessary for Chinese scholars to model their own theories after those of the West. As China's foreign policy matures & strengthens, China's IR scholars are less likely to look to the West for direction. 2 Tables. K. A. Larsen