We’re baaack!In the inaugural episode of the second season of Whiskey and International Relations…
Episode 1: Gates of the West
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Episode 33: Status? You Just Met Us!
The second installment of our live taping at the British International Studies Association annual…
Episode 32: Social Forces, States, and Clydeside Whisky
Robert Cox’s landmark article, “Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Rela…
Episode 31: Great Balls of Power
Back in 2019, Uri Friedman wrote that we “find ourselves—as you will have heard in the corridors …
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Patrick Thaddeus Jackson (PTJ) and Dan Nexon drink whiskey and discuss international-relations theory.
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Episode 30: A Long, Strange Trek
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LIVE recording of Whiskey & IR Theory at BISA 2023
Don't miss the live recording of episodes 32 and 33 of Whiskey & IR Theory on June 21, 2023, starting at 3pm. We'll be taping at the BISA annual conference. Rumors suggest that there may be whisky for tasting and schwagg for... something. Episode 32 will be in "classic format." We'll discuss Robert Cox's classic 1981 article, “Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory.” Episode 33 will be a "whiskey optional" on status and international-relations theory. BISA attendees should register in advance for one or both of the special sessions.
Episode 29: Introducing: Whiskey & IR Theory… in Space!
Patrick and Dan talk about the newest feature of the podcast: a series in which they combine thei…
Episode 28: Are We Living in a Simulation… of Sovereignty?
PTJ and Dan discuss Cynthia Weber’s 1994 book, Simulating Sovereignty: Intervention, the State an…