Following the considerable interest in practice theory, this Collective Discussion interrogates
what it means to practice and, ultimately, to think with diplomacy. In asking how empirical …

This article serves as the introduction to this Special Forum on Contested Statehood in a
Contested International Order. The articles in this Special Forum (SF) are premised on the …

Sovereignty is the core concept of international relations. Almost without exception,
approaches to sovereignty in IR have followed a binary framing where sovereignty is seen to …

Abstract In recent years, International Relations theorists have observed a resurgence in
geopolitical rivalry, much of which is coalescing around cases of contested statehood. Yet …

This article addresses the relationship—and incongruences—between international norms
and practices in EU foreign policy with a particular focus on the EU's dealing with situations …

Scholars often emphasize how right-wing political actors in Europe use memory laws to
undermine democratic traditions and revise historical accounts. But a broad range of …

Why do post-Soviet de facto states (such as Abkhazia and South Ossetia) regularly interact
with remote Pacific islands or Latin American countries, even though they are not bound by …

Through a comparative analysis of two contested states—Kosovo and the Turkish Republic
of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), the paper analyses the impact of internal and/or external …

Throughout the twentieth century, colonies emerged from the so-called tutelage of European
imperial powers to represent themselves as sovereign states. One consequence of this …

This article offers a critical outlook on existing debates on state recognition and proposes
future research directions. It argues that existing knowledge on state recognition and the …