Summary (250 words) Process-tracing is a research method for tracing causal mechanisms
using detailed, within-case empirical analysis of how a causal process plays out in an actual …

Dominant narratives-from the Cold War consensus to the War on Terror-have often served
as the foundation for debates over national security. Weaving current challenges, past …

Affect and emotion are key elements of our lived experience as human beings but currently
play little role in how we theorize actorhood in international relations. We offer six …

This book uses a comparative analysis to examine foreign policy discourses and the
dynamics of the 'War on Terror'. The book considers the three principal members of the …

Why are some discourses more politically efficacious than others? Seeking answers to this
question, Ty Solomon develops a new theoretical approach to the study of affect, identity …

Taking stock of the numerous crises that have confronted Europe in the last decade, this
special issue investigates the relationship between crisis and the politicisation of the …

This book develops a discourse theory of crisis and change in global politics. Crisis is
conceptualized as structural dislocation, resting on difference and incompleteness. Change …

Contemporaries and historians often blame the errors and tragedies of US policy during the
Cold War on a dominant narrative of national security: the “Cold War consensus.” Its usual …

The paper aims to shed light on the conceptual link between international crises such as the
one following September 11, 2001, and processes of identity construction through foreign …

While the recent interest in affects and emotions in world politics is encouraging, the crucial
relationships between affect, emotion, and discourse have remained largely under …