The newest “new institutionalism,” discursive institutionalism, lends insight into the role of
ideas and discourse in politics while providing a more dynamic approach to institutional …

▪ Abstract Constructivism is an approach to social analysis that deals with the role of human
consciousness in social life. It asserts that human interaction is shaped primarily by …

This paper looks at philosophical questions that arise in the context of AI alignment. It
defends three propositions. First, normative and technical aspects of the AI alignment …

The 1990s saw a systemic shift from the liberal post–World War II international order of
liberal multilateralism (LIO I) to a post–Cold War international order of postnational …

While legitimacy dynamics are paramount in global governance, they have been
insufficiently recognized, conceptualized, and explained in standard accounts of …

Contestation of international norms has become the new focus of IR norm research. The
optimism of the 1990s that fundamental liberal norms would diffuse globally has remained …

Political practices, agencies and institutions around the world promote the need for humans,
individually and collectively, to develop capacities of resilience. We must accept and adapt …

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar? The possibilities
are diverse. Some international organizations have just a few member states, while others …

The first edition of Research Methods in International Relations was published in 2015, at a
time when there were few introductory International Relations (IR) textbooks that introduced …

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU has taken dozens of decisions, on which
agreement had hitherto been unthinkable due to differences between member states. A …