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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.

Ambassador Piadyshev's commentary highlights a personal account regarding the progression of the journal, International Affairs. The author discusses historical events surrounding the need, demand and implementation in the 1950s, through (MGIMO) the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations and direction of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. The author states that journals status granted the Soviet Union a tool to follow foreign affairs and make the country's views solid and vigorous. Despite having survived the end of the USSR and a current financial crisis, the journal will continue and transform itself via a new makeover; covering special issues; thereby preserving and multiplying the journals traditions. Adapted from the source document.

Introduction --The criterion of an armed attack in the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice --The criteria of necessity and proportionality --The trouble with armed attack and the merged conceptions of self-defence --A proposal for redefining armed attack --The ICJ : roles and restrictions --Conclusion.

"International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in International Relations, David A. Lake challenges this traditional view, demonstrating that states exercise authority over one another in international hierarchies that vary historically but are still pervasive today. Revisiting the concepts of authority and sovereignty, Lake offers a novel view of international relations in which states form social contracts that bind both dominant and subordinate members. The resulting hierarchies have significant effects on the foreign policies of states as well as patterns of international conflict and cooperation. Focusing largely on U.S.-led hierarchies in the contemporary world, Lake provides a compelling account of the origins, functions, and limits of political order in the modern international system. The book is a model of clarity in theory, research design, and the use of evidence. Motivated by concerns about the declining international legitimacy of the United States following the Iraq War, Hierarchy in International Relations offers a powerful analytic perspective that has important implications for understanding America's position in the world in the years ahead."--Jacket

Sources of international law -- Title to territory -- The law of treaties -- Jurisdiction -- The law of the sea -- International environmental law -- International legal personality : states, international organizations, non-state groups, individuals, and multi-natjional corporations -- Human rights -- the peaceful settlement of disputes: arbitration and international cours -- the use of force including war