Populism: A twenty-first Century euphemism
Lauren Mason, Blog Editor Across the media and political spectrum, a seemingly new yet rather familiar idea is being discussed: the rise of right-wing populism. Figures such as Nigel Farage,...
The 30th Issue of The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development is Out Now!
The 30th issue of The Rest: Journal of Politics and Development is out now. Download the issue here... TABLE OF CONTENTS Research Articles India in a Changing Global Order: Geopolitical Challenges and...
Shifting the Clausewitzian Paradigm from Battlefield to Political Arena
Marco Marsili* [email protected] Introduction War and politics are closely interrelated. If it is assumed, as in the case of Clausewitz's famous principle, that "war is a mere continuation of policy...
A Discussion on the Regulation of Violence in International Relations
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Kapitsyn* & Ebru Birinci** [email protected] & [email protected] The problems of regulation in international relations (IR) have been discussed in foundational studies, such as those of N. Machiavelli, G....
Book Review: Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography
Robert Irwin Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2018, ISBN: 978-0-691-17466-2, 267 pp., $ 29.95) Ibn Khaldun (Wali al-Din ‘Abd al-Raḥman Ibn Khaldun) who lived...
Civil Society: An Alternative Model
Dr Prasanta Kumar Sahu* [email protected] Introduction The disillusionment with the state in the twentieth century led to the reverse of civil society in democratic theory. Since most states failed to...
The Jungle Grows Back How can We Redefine the Future World Order in the Tension of Power and Ideas?
Marco Marsili* [email protected] Published in Political Reflection Magazine | Vol. 6 | No 4 | Issue 25 Introduction Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, peace and stability...
The Twilight Zone of Political Transition: Between Revolution and Democratic Change
O’Donnell, Schmitter and Whitehead define transition broadly as "the interval between one political regime and another" (O´Donnell, Schmitter, and Whitehead, 1986: 6). Plattner concludes that "they emphasise a particular path...
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The 17th issue of the rest: journal of politics and development is out now.
The 17th issue of the rest: journal of politics and development is out now. Download the issue here... TABLE OF CONTENTS Research Articles Rent Seeking and Industrial Growth in Africa:...
The Bureaucratic Politics Approach: Its Application, Its Limitations, and Its Strengths
This essay is composed of three sections. Section one reviews what the Bureaucratic Politics Approach is. Section two gives an explanation as to how the approach can be applied to...
The Role of Public Opinion in Foreign Policy
The issue of public opinion and its influence in foreign policy has been a matter of dispute between scholars of different schools of thought. The theoretical and empirical disagreement centres...
Changing Dynamics of Democracy
Democracy is now consıdered to be the best administrative system in the world. This is principally is because, with democratic regimes, there are systemic precautions to prevent rulers acting in...
A (Neo)realist Explanation of the Post-unipolar International System
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, old-fashioned power plays have been back in international relations, as confirmed by recent events and trends. Despite the growth of interdependence among...