We develop scholarship on status in international politics by focusing on the social
dimension of small and middle power status politics. This vantage opens a new window on …

Who or what is a normative power? In response to this query the article suggests that
normative powers are those actors that are recognized as such by others. This qualifies Ian …

What is status? How does it work? What effects does it tend to have? A new wave of
scholarship on status in international relations has converged on a central definition of …

Despite widespread agreement that status matters, there is relatively little in the way of
focused research on how and when it matters. Relying on the assumption that it “matters” …

This article explores the burgeoning literature on status in world politics. Toward that end, it
reviews three recently published books. The three books are representative of the different …

In this engaging book, David M. McCourt makes the case for New Constructivist approaches
to international relations scholarship. The book traces constructivist work on culture, identity …

As global governance appears to become more inclusive and democratic, many scholars
argue that international institutions act as motors of expansion and democratization. The …

On 26 March 2020, the leaders of the Group of twenty major economies (G20) convened in
an emergency virtual meeting to discuss the extraordinary situation facing the world. Virtual …

Issues involving 'statecraft'lie at the heart of most major debates about world politics, yet
scholars do not go far enough in analyzing how the processes of statecraft themselves can …

Do states get higher social status from fighting? The prestige of war depends on the type of
“status order” that it is interpreted in. Status orders condition and enable the pursuit and …