scholarly journals History, Christianity and diplomacy: Sir Herbert Butterfield and international relations

2002 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Hall
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
The Subject ◽  
British Committee ◽  
Regius Professor

Sir Herbert Butterfield, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1955–68), Regius Professor of History (1963–68), and author of The Whig Interpretation of History (1931), was one of the leading historians of the twentieth century. A diplomatic historian and student of modern historiography, Butterfield was deeply concerned too with contemporary international relations, wrote much on the subject and, in 1958, created the ‘British Committee on the Theory of International Politics’. Drawing upon published and unpublished material, this article seeks to sketch an outline of Butterfield's career and thought, to examine his approach to international relations, and to reconsider his reputation in the field.

Before Midnight

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahul Sagar
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Jawaharlal Nehru

This chapter examines ideas about war, peace, and international relations over the century preceding independence, of which there were many more and in greater depth than widely supposed. It outlines how and why Indians first began to articulate views on the subject, and subsequently analyses these ideas. It proposes that, contrary to the opinion of some scholars, Indians thought carefully about the nature of international relations. Most importantly, it emphasizes the plurality of views on the subject, and explains how and why proponents of pragmatism in foreign relations came to be sidelined in the period immediately preceding independence. Several of the personalities developing notions of what a foreign policy for India should involve as of the early twentieth century, including India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, became important actors in formulating and implementing foreign policy post-independence.

scholarly journals Internacjonalizacja. W kręgu nowej terminologii dwudziestowiecznej debaty ideologicznej i naukowej

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-109
Author(s):  
Ryszard Skarzyński
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Subject

There are many specific concepts used in social sciences to describe social phenomena. In this text, the subject of research is internationalization, one of the new terms in the twentieth century, similarly to fascism, communism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, the political, geopolitics, but also international relations and polyarchy. The article presents the meaning of the concept of internationalization, its genesis and relationships with specific social phenomena to which it should be applied during analysis.

scholarly journals Theoretical approaches towards the steps of nongovernmental actors in world politics: global paradiplomacy of the Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI).

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Dalsooz Jalal Hussein
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
International Politics ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Iraqi Kurdistan ◽  
State Actor ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Actors

This article presents a theoretical approach towards the global political steps of non-state actors. Particular attention is given to a number of theories of international relations, such as neorealism, international liberalism, and constructivism, which are able to encompass current global actions of non-state political actors. For a clearer perspective on the subject matter, the article employs the example of Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI); as a non-state actor, KRI has recently become a vivid example for the theories of international relations. The conclusion is made that security, economy, culture, religion and identity are the key and post powerful instruments of non-state actors of international politics. The example of KRI demonstrates that international relations of non-state actors focus on security, economy and culture, as well as serve as the instruments of interaction with both, state and non-state actors. The article reviews such activity within the framework of neorealism, international liberalism, and constructivism. It is underlines that the example of Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI) fully meets all the criteria of a non-state actor of international politics. It is also a brilliant example for the theories of international relations.

Systems of States

1990 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Watson
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Early Years ◽  
British Committee ◽  
Collective Enterprise

One aspect of international relations which interested Martin Wight particularly was the functioning of what are called systems of states. That has also been an area of my especial interest since the late 50s. It was the focus of the discussions of the British Committee on the Theory of International Politics. The committee was organized in the late fifties to bring, together people from different disciplines, practitioners as well as scholars. Herbert Butterfield and Martin were the founders and guiding spirits of the early years of the committee, and I was one of the original members. It was a collective enterprise: members submitted papers which left as questions those points on which the author did not feel certain of the answers. Martin told me that the most stimulating and interesting work he did during the 60s was writing papers for the committee and taking part in its discussions.

scholarly journals Theoretical approaches towards the steps of non-state actors in world politics: global para-diplomacy of the Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI)

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Dalsooz Jalal Hussein
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
International Politics ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Iraqi Kurdistan ◽  
State Actor ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Actors

  This article presents a theoretical approach towards the global political steps of non-state actors. Particular attention is given to a number of theories of international relations, such as neorealism, international liberalism, and constructivism, which are able to encompass current global actions of non-state political actors. For a clearer perspective on the subject matter, the article employs the example of Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI); as a non-state actor, KRI has recently become a vivid example for the theories of international relations. The conclusion is made that security, economy, culture, religion and identity are the key and post powerful instruments of non-state actors of international politics. The example of KRI demonstrates that international relations of non-state actors focus on security, economy and culture, as well as serve as the instruments of interaction with both, state and non-state actors. The article reviews such activity within the framework of neorealism, international liberalism, and constructivism. It is underlines that the example of Iraqi Kurdistan (KRI) fully meets all the criteria of a non-state actor of international politics. It is also a brilliant example for the theories of international relations.  

scholarly journals Maquiavel, os Realistas e a Política Internacional / Maquiavel, Realists and the International Politics

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-177
Author(s):  
Marcelo Fernandes Oliveira ◽  
Camilla Silva Geraldello
Keyword(s):  
International Relation ◽  
Social Science ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Area Of Study

Este artigo busca demonstrar como argumentos centrais da obra de Maquiavel, muitos deles aprofundados por Hobbes e demais autores realistas, foram incorporados no início do século XX como base fundadora da disciplina de Relações Internacionais. Desde então, uma gama de autores contribuiu na elaboração do modelo teórico realista da Política Internacional. O realismo predominou nas discussões teóricas da disciplina durante décadas. Cumpriu a função essencial de institucionalizar as Relações Internacionais como campo de estudo independente nas Ciências Sociais. Entretanto, como efeito colateral, “encapsulou” lições clássicas de Maquiavel em arranjos analíticos reducionistas. Limitando assim, a fecundidade do pensamento maquiavélico à análise de agendas de pesquisa na área de Relações Internacionais. ABSTRACT This article searchs demonstrate how main arguments on Maquiavel´s work, many of them deepened by Hobbes and other realistics authors, were incoorporated on the begning of the XX century as a found basis subject of International Relation. Since then, many authors have contributed on elaborating a realistc theorical model of Iternational Politics. Realism predominated on the theorical discussions of the subject for decades. It fullfiled an essencial fuction of instituzionalizing the International Relations as an independent area of study on Social Science. However, as a side efffect, “encapsulated” Maquiavel´s classic lessons in analitical reducionist arranges. Narrowing this way, the thought´s fertility of the maquiavelic´s thinking to the analyses of the research´s agenda on the International Relations area.

Sovereignty, International Relations, and the Westphalian Myth

2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Osiander
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Roman Empire ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Politics ◽  
International System ◽  
Holy Roman Empire ◽  
Ir Theory ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
European System ◽  
350Th Anniversary

The 350th anniversary of the Peace of Westphalia in 1998 was largely ignored by the discipline of international relations (IR), despite the fact that it regards that event as the beginning of the international system with which it has traditionally dealt. By contrast, there has recently been much debate about whether the “Westphalian system” is about to end. This debate necessitates, or at least implies, historical comparisons. I contend that IR, unwittingly, in fact judges current trends against the backdrop of a past that is largely imaginary, a product of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century fixation on the concept of sovereignty. I discuss how what I call the ideology of sovereignty has hampered the development of IR theory. I suggest that the historical phenomena I analyze in this article—the Thirty Years' War and the 1648 peace treaties as well as the post–1648 Holy Roman Empire and the European system in which it was embedded—may help us to gain a better understanding of contemporary international politics.

‘No Topic Has Been the Subject of More Confusion’: Two Books on the Relationship between International Politics and Law

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-728
Author(s):  
MAARTEN ROTHMAN
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Politics ◽  
World Peace ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Politics And Law ◽  
The Relationship

Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner, The Limits of International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN-13: 9780195314175, ISBN-10: 0195314174, 272 pp., £11.99 (pb).Thomas J. Schoenbaum, International Relations: The Path Not Taken. Using International Law to Promote World Peace and Security, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,2006, ISBN-13: 9780521681506, ISBN-10: 0521681502, 320 pp., £16.99 (pb).

The British Committee on the Theory of International Politics and Central Figures in the English School

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Epp
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Society ◽  
International Politics ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Lecture Hall ◽  
English School ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
British Committee

Considerations of the English School and of its central concept—international society—have all too often neglected the most logical starting point: the internal history of the British Committee. The British Committee on the Theory of International Politics was a group of scholars created in 1959 under the chairmanship of the Cambridge historian Herbert Butterfield that met periodically in Cambridge, Oxford, London, and Brighton to discuss the principal problems and a range of aspects of the theory and history of international relations. The British Committee stands out as a remarkable and unusual intellectual project. A product of its place and time and of a particular academic culture, it did not pretend to represent the full range of British thinking. Its membership intentionally omitted such major figures as E.H. Carr and C.A.W. Manning. Whatever direct influence it had on contemporary British scholarship in international relations can be attributed partly to bonds of friendship, across generations, and to the performances of individual members in the lecture hall. Though the Committee incubated a good deal of its members’ work, sometimes published posthumously, its collaborative output was never prolific. Only two collective works can be attributed to it: Diplomatic Investigations (1966) and The Expansion of International Society (1984). However, the Committee developed a thorough study of international society and the nature of world politics, which has had an important impact that continues in the present day.

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