In any multilateral setting, some state representatives weigh much more heavily than others.
Practitioners often refer to this form of diplomatic hierarchy as the'international pecking …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of international diplomacy,
covering both theory and practice. This second edition has been revised and updated, with …

Legitimacy is central for the capacity of global governance institutions to address problems
such as climate change, trade protectionism, and human rights abuses. However, despite …

Discourse analysis is a much-favoured textual analysis method among constructivist and
critically minded International Relations scholars interested in the impact of identity …

Drawing on postcolonial and feminist writings, this article re-examines securitization theory's
so-called 'silence-problem'. Securitization theory sets up a definably colonial relationship …

As one of the key concepts in International Relations (IR), the relative amnesia around the
origin and effects of sovereignty which lasted until the mid-1990s is quite striking …

" 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 …

In the summer of 1980, I went to work as a guard and interpreter at the Norwegian embassy
in Moscow. The work was my partial payment to the Norwegian Army for having taught me …

Water diplomacy and conflict transformation are dominated by an interest-based paradigm,
where attention is given solely to achieving security and peace. We intend to critically …

This article theorizes how public performances matter in international negotiations. Studies
of international negotiations are predominantly focused on power-political instruments in …