Over the last 25 years, there has been a noteworthy turn across major International
Relations (IR) theories to include domestic politics and decision-making factors …

We argue that role theory offers the possibility of integrating Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA)
and International Relations (IR) theory. While role theory was originally adapted for use by …

This article assesses the possibilities for the development of foreign-policy role theory using
the concepts of traditions and dilemmas from the interpretive approach to foreign policy, as …

Under which conditions do democracies participate in war, and when do they abstain?
Providing a unique theoretical framework, Mello identifies pathways of war involvement and …

How do emerging states obtain international recognition and secure membership of
international organisations in contemporary world politics? This book provides the first in …

Despite the increase in the number of studies in international relations using concepts from
a role theory perspective, scholarship continues to assume that a state's own expectations of …

Populist leaders unfold anti-elite rhetoric to sustain the 'in-group'morale of the 'people'they
represent. Populist projects contain an 'us' versus 'them'dimension constituted by the …

This article sets out how secondary powers in South America—that is, Argentina, Chile, and
Venezuela—see Brazil as a regional power, as well as Brazil's strategy of using its regional …

The international roles states play in world politics are bound up with the ways in which
sovereignty is constructed within the international system. While scholarship on sovereignty …

US-Iran relations continue to be an international security problem in the Middle East. These
two countries could have been friends, but instead they have become enemies. Stating this …