What is the topography of international-relations theory in the People’s Republic of China? What …
Episode 24: International Relations in China
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Whiskey & IR Theory
Episode 21: Constructivists All the Way Down
Is Constructivism best understood as a scholarly disposition, a body of theory, or an intellectua…
Episode 20: International Order
In this installment of “Whiskey Optional,” Stacie Goddard (Wellesley), Evelyn Goh (Australian Nat…
Episode 19: “W” Stands for “Canonical Realist”
PTJ and Dan pick up where they left off – on Chapter 5 of Arnold Wolfers’ Discord and Collaborati…
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Patrick Thaddeus Jackson (PTJ) and Dan Nexon drink whiskey and discuss international-relations theory.
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Episode 17: The Institutionalists Strike Back
ess than a year after the appearance of "The False Promise of International Institutions," the journal International Security published replies from Robert Keohane and Lisa Martin, John Ruggie, Clifford and Charles Kupchan, and Alexander Wendt. Patrick and Dan discuss this important moment in the "paradigm wars" of the 1990s and 2000s.
Episode 16: Promises, Promises
Patrick and Dan continue their nostalgic tour of 1990s international-relations theory and spend s…
Episode 15: Understanding Remains an Open Question
Patrick and Dan discuss J. Ann Tickner’s 1997 article, “You Just Don’t Understand: Troubled Engag…
Episode 14: Campbell Writes Security, part 2
It’s not quite Song of Ice and Fire territory, but we’re sure a few people will be pleased that t…