John Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been
embedded within various forms of Eurocentrism. Rather than producing value-free and …

This book critically examines the influence of International Society on East Asia, and how its
attempts to introduce 'civilization'to 'barbarous' polities contributed to conflict between China …

Drawing on critical social and political thought, the book explores the implications, arguing
that late modern wars wars, often referred to as' liberal', may be interpreted as perpetuating …

From Kosovo to Libya, humanitarian intervention is seldom out of the news. While
the'Responsibility to Protect'(R2P) has often been at the centre of these debates, its …

Western analysis perceives Russian approaches to issues of humanitarian intervention and
the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) as running counter to western-inspired international …

A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention
in the contemporary world. Recent events in Libya and Syria have propelled humanitarian …

This book explores attempts to develop a more acceptable account of the principles and
mechanisms associated with humanitarian intervention, which has become known as the …

This book explains why there is a pronounced disjuncture between R2P's habitual
invocation and its actual influence, and why it will not make the transformative progress its …

The English School concept of practice is what Stephen Turner in The Social Theory of
Practices calls a 'telic'notion. A telic practice is an activity seeking a goal 'which is conceived …

As discussed in Chapter 2, following the intervention in Kosovo and the subsequent
publication of The Responsibility to Protect optimism abounded regarding the capacity of …