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China has become not only the second largest economy in the world but also a juggernaut in science, technology, and innovation (STI). The publication of our book, The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China, is therefore especially timely, as it seeks to achieve an understanding of China’s development in STI from an […]
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What does it mean to say that international politics has a history? To us, this seems to be one of the most fundamental questions that can be asked in the discipline of International Relations (IR). In this book we suggest that drawing from the concept of historicity – and ensuing modes of historicity – can […]
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What are the sources of state strength in the Islamic Republic of Iran? This is the central question that animates this book. The current Iranian state, established in the aftermath of the 1978-1979 revolution, has proven remarkably resilient in the face of multiple challenges from within and from the outside. Some of these challenges have […]
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Two frustrations prompted me to write this book. The first was with the absence of book-length analysis of the deep historical roots of the field of international political economy (IPE) in the pre-1945 era. Many IPE scholars refer to the fact that their field builds on the ideas of many thinkers who wrote about international […]
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In October 2019, unprecedented mobilizations in Chile took the world by surprise. An outburst of protests plunged the most stable democracy in Latin America into its most profound social and political crisis since the dictatorship in the 1980s. What began as student-led protests in a few metro stations against a fare increase in public transportation […]
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More than three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is an unhealthy country. During the pandemic, the United States lost more people per capita to COVID-19 than any other high-income country and life expectancy, which was lower in the United States before the pandemic than in any other wealth country, […]
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Where is the Path to Peace in Ukraine? Does the path to peace run through stalemate or victory? This is among the key issues dividing analysts and policymakers in the West. (In Ukraine, there is no debate. Victory over Russia is seen as being the bare minimum necessary to restore peace). As hard as ending […]
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This book begins the task – for academics as well as policy-makers and conflict negotiators – of rethinking what ceasefires are and what are their potential ramifications. Over the past few decades, the conflict resolution field has moved towards more encompassing and nuanced theories about how violence is resolved and transformed and the dynamics surrounding […]
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