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Shifting the Clausewitzian Paradigm from Battlefield to Political Arena

CESRAN Int.23 November 2021

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...

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A Discussion on the Regulation of Violence in International Relations

CESRAN Int.23 November 202123 November 2021

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 Reviews Politics

Book Review: Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography

CESRAN Int.24 March 2021

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...

Governance Politics

Civil Society: An Alternative Model

CESRAN Int.24 March 2021

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...

Americas Politics

The Jungle Grows Back How can We Redefine the Future World Order in the Tension of Power and Ideas?

CESRAN Int.20 November 202020 November 2020

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...

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The Twilight Zone of Political Transition: Between Revolution and Democratic Change

CESRAN Int.5 November 20195 November 2019

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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Evaluating the Explanatory Power of Social Identity Theory, …

CESRAN Int.4 August 20192 November 2019

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Americas Politics

The Foreign Policy Decision Making Approaches and Their Applications

CESRAN Int.4 August 20192 November 2019

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Africa Politics

The 17th issue of the rest: journal of politics and development is out now.

CESRAN Int.26 March 201926 March 2019

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:...

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The Bureaucratic Politics Approach: Its Application, Its Limitations, and Its Strengths

CESRAN Int.9 October 20189 October 2018

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...

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The Role of Public Opinion in Foreign Policy

CESRAN Int.24 August 201824 August 2018

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...

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Changing Dynamics of Democracy

CESRAN Int.16 August 201816 August 2018

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...

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A (Neo)realist Explanation of the Post-unipolar International System

CESRAN Int.4 August 20189 August 2018

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...

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Domestic Politics and the Design of International Institutions

CESRAN Int.26 July 201826 July 2018

Abstract Scholars are increasing focused on how and why states design international institutions. International relations theories have historically guided research on these institutions, but have not provided adequate insights into...

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLITICS OF THE IRREPRESENTABLE?

Admin210 August 2017

It is a common belief in political essays and academic papers that politics have been trapped into a new circle of voting seeking. The well-founded political labels of left-wing and...