Episode 18: Name Your Discord Server "and Collaboration"
Arnold Wolfers is one of the most important figures of "mainstream" mid-20th century international-relations theory, but is now mostly cited for his definition of "revisionism" and for perhaps his mos...
17 Jul 20211h 36min
Episode 17: The Institutionalists Strike Back
Less than a year after the appearance of "The False Promise of International Institutions," the journal International Security published replies from Robert Keohane and Lisa Martin, John Ruggie, Cliff...
22 Jun 20211h 41min
Episode 16: Promises, Promises
Patrick and Dan continue their nostalgic tour of 1990s international-relations theory and spend some time with John J. Mearsheimer's 1994 article "The False Promise of International Institutions." Thi...
26 Mar 20212h 15min
Episode 15: Understanding Remains an Open Question
Patrick and Dan discuss J. Ann Tickner's 1997 article, "You Just Don't Understand: Troubled Engagements Between Feminists and IR Theorists." Topics include liberalism and feminist theory, articles as ...
10 Feb 20211h 34min
Episode 14: Campbell Writes Security, part 2
It's not quite Song of Ice and Fire territory, but we're sure a few people will be pleased that the second half of our discussion of David Campbell's Writing Security has dropped.
22 Des 20201h 11min
Episode 13: Campbell Writes Security, part 1
Patrick and Dan discuss a classic work of critical security studies, David Campbell's Writing Security. Topics include the construction of the Cold War and the film Rising Sun.
3 Nov 20201h 5min
Episode 12: The Strange Regime
In a sequel (of sorts) to Episode 11, Patrick and Dan talk about Susan Strange's "Cave! hic dragones: a critique of regime analysis." Topics include a comparison of "American" and "European" IR, reali...
22 Jul 20201h 19min
Episode 11: Embedded Liberalism
John Ruggie's 1982 article, which appeared in a special issue of International Organization on 'international regimes', is an important milestone for theories of hegemony, understandings of liberal (e...
7 Jul 20204min
