This article interrogates the concepts in this journal's title and, drawing on the strategic-
relational approach in social theory, explores their interconnections. This conceptual re …

We call for a research program focused on the dynamics of global power politics. Rather
than link realpolitik to structural-realist theoretical frameworks or the putatively anarchical …

Intensive transnational cooperation and manifestations of the NATO-Russia security rivalry
have endured for over 30 years in the post-Cold War Arctic. Drawing upon the concept of …

" Book introductions speak in headlines. When the introduction is over, the reckoning is at
hand. The onus of demonstrating what we have before only asserted, is now upon us. In this …

IR theorizing about international order has been profoundly, perhaps exclusively, shaped by
the Western experiences of the Westphalian order and often assumes that the Western …

Relations of sovereign inequality permeate international politics, and a growing body of
literature grapples with the question of how states establish and sustain hierarchy amidst …

This article introduces a conceptual framework for analysing and comparing the broader or
unintended effects of cooperation anchored in border-crossing ecosystems. The importance …

Mindful of the growing interest in non-Western and pre-modern political systems, we
propose a framework for the analysis of states, state systems, and international orders. We …

The special issue this article opens examines the systemic impact, limits, achievements and
legacies of the 1955 Asian-African 'Bandung'Conference. The Bandung conference is …

The conventional accounts of the history of the sovereign state system assume that territorial
sovereignty originated in Europe and spread to the rest of the world through colonial …