Process tracing is a method that aims to trace causal mechanisms as they play out in real-
world cases using in-depth case studies. The analytical focus is on understanding the …

In this comprehensive reconstruction of causal case study methods, Derek Beach, Rasmus
Brun Pedersen, and their coauthors delineate the ontological and epistemological …

This article defines, operationalizes, and illustrates the value of analytic eclecticism in the
social sciences, with a focus on the fields of comparative politics and international relations …

Systems Thinking, Critical Realism and Philosophy: A Confluence of Ideas seeks to re-
address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty first century …

The article seeks to offer a way forward in discussions about the status of securitization
theory. In my reading, this debate has been inhibited by the difficulty of finding an …

This article focuses on emergence in social systems. The author begins by proposing a new
tool to explore the mechanisms of social emergence: multi agent–based computer …

International responses to the outbreak of SARS, the spread of HIV/AIDS, and the promotion
of health as a human right all demonstrate how global politics have a profound effect on the …

China's rise and processes of Sinicization suggest that recombination of new and old
elements rather than a total rupture with or return to the past is China's likely future. In both …

This paper explores the question of what drives proxy alignment in war and argues that
current proxy war scholarship needs further thinking to go beyond focusing on the principal …

Creativity researchers are scientists who study how new things are created by human
beings. We seek to answer a basic research question: What is the best scientific explanation …