Unexceptional Politics? The Impact of Islam on International Relations

This article has two purposes: (a) to examine the relationship between intercultural power relations and the widespread practice of accent discrimination and (b) to underscore the ramifications of accent discrimination both for the individual and for global society as a whole. First, authors review social theory regarding language and group identity construction, and then go on to integrate more current studies linking accent bias to sociocultural variables. Authors discuss three examples of intercultural accent discrimination in order to illustrate how this link manifests itself in the broader context of international relations (i.e., how accent discrimination is generated in situations of unequal power) and, using a review of current research, assess the consequences of accent discrimination for the individual. Finally, the article highlights the impact that linguistic discrimination is having on linguistic diversity globally, partially using data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partially by offering a potential context for interpreting the emergence of practices that seek to reduce or modify speaker accents.

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Constructing Identity in “Glocal” Politics

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v15i3.2174 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 81-106

Author(s):

M. A. Muqtedar Khan

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

International Relations ◽

World Politics ◽

Socioeconomic Conditions ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Important Concept ◽

Construction Of Identity ◽

The World ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This paper seeks to understand the impact of current global politicaland socioeconomic conditions on the construction of identity. I advancean argument based on a two-step logic. First, I challenge the characterizationof current socioeconomic conditions as one of globalization bymarshaling arguments and evidence that strongly suggest that along withglobalization, there are simultaneous processes of localization proliferatingin the world today. I contend that current conditions are indicative ofthings far exceeding the scope of globalization and that they can bedescribed more accurately as ccglocalization.~H’2a ving established thisclaim, I show how the processes of glocalization affect the constructionof Muslim identity.Why do I explore the relationship between glocalization and identityconstruction? Because it is significant. Those conversant with current theoreticaldebates within the discipline of international relations’ are awarethat identity has emerged as a significant explanatory construct in internationalrelations theory in the post-Cold War era.4 In this article, I discussthe emergence of identity as an important concept in world politics.The contemporary field of international relations is defined by threephilosophically distinct research programs? rationalists: constructivists,’and interpretivists.’ The moot issue is essentially a search for the mostimportant variable that can help explain or understand the behavior ofinternational actors and subsequently explain the nature of world politicsin order to minimize war and maximize peace.Rationalists contend that actors are basically rational actors who seekthe maximization of their interests, interests being understood primarilyin material terms and often calculated by utility functions maximizinggiven preferences? Interpretivists include postmodernists, critical theorists,and feminists, all of whom argue that basically the extant worldpolitical praxis or discourses “constitute” international agents and therebydetermine their actions, even as they reproduce world politics by ...

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Critical International Theory

10.1093/oso/9780198823568.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Richard Devetak

Keyword(s):

Critical Theory ◽

International Relations ◽

Intellectual History ◽

Historical Materialism ◽

Frankfurt School ◽

German Idealism ◽

Social Philosophy ◽

International Theory ◽

The Impact ◽

Civil Government

Whether inspired by the Frankfurt School or Antonio Gramsci, the impact of critical theory on the study of international relations has grown considerably since its advent in the early 1980s. This book offers the first intellectual history of critical international theory. Richard Devetak approaches this history by locating its emergence in the rising prestige of theory and the theoretical persona. As theory’s prestige rose in the discipline of international relations it opened the way for normative and metatheoretical reconsiderations of the discipline and the world. The book traces the lines of intellectual inheritance through the Frankfurt School to the Enlightenment, German idealism, and historical materialism, to reveal the construction of a particular kind of intellectual persona: the critical international theorist who has mastered reflexive, dialectical forms of social philosophy. In addition to the extensive treatment of critical theory’s reception and development in international relations, the book recovers a rival form of theory that originates outside the usual inheritance of critical international theory in Renaissance humanism and the civil Enlightenment. This historical mode of theorising was intended to combat metaphysical encroachments on politics and international relations and to prioritise the mundane demands of civil government over the self-reflective demands of dialectical social philosophies. By proposing contextualist intellectual history as a form of critical theory, Critical International Theory: An Intellectual History defends a mode of historical critique that refuses the normative temptations to project present conceptions onto an alien past, and to abstract from the offices of civil government.

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Is Turkey ready for the Post COVID-19 World Order?

Insight Turkey ◽

10.25253/99.2021233.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 23 (Summer 2021) ◽

pp. 117-140

Author(s):

Bora Bayraktar

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Global Economy ◽

Political System ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Eastern Mediterranean Region ◽

World Order ◽

New World Order ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Huge Impact ◽

The Impact

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a huge impact on the global economy and politics. Closures and lockdowns stopped international trade resulting in an economic slowdown. It has changed the daily lives of people and the way business takes place. Politics has also been affected by the pandemic. Discussions about the changing world order have gained a new dimension and momentum. In this article, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in international relations is analyzed. Has COVID-19 triggered a change in the world order? If it has, what are the nature, scope, and content of this change? As a rising regional power in the Eastern Mediterranean region, how has Turkey been affected by this, and how did it respond to the changing situation? Signs of deteriorating world order, declining U.S. leadership, escalating geopolitical competition amongst global powers were in the air before the pandemic. Turkey’s adaptation to this new world order pre-dates the pandemic, when it changed its political system, and invested in its security and cohesion.

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Interdependance, linkage et système international : de l'analyse conceptuelle aux problèmes de politique étrangère

Études internationales ◽

10.7202/702166ar ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 329-352

Author(s):

Irnerio Seminatore

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

International Relations ◽

International System ◽

Political Context ◽

International Policy ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The North ◽

Interdependence Theory ◽

The Face ◽

The Impact

The emergence and evolution of the literature dealing with interdependence in the international System is looked into. An attempt is made to show its significance and main points as well as its implications. The debates on interdependence within the North-American political context are regarded as solutions to the preceding issues on dependence. Interesting passages are dedicated to the impact of the interdependence theory on the interpretation of the international system, as illustrated by two schools of thought in foreign policy (Kissinger-Brzezinski). Linkage of the tactical and strategic aspects to the economic and political interrelation of international relations, as put forward by policy makers, has brought to the fore the difficulties and limits of negotiation in the face of competition and in the aftermath of confrontation. This paper offers subtle, yet positive, conclusions on the use of the interdependance theory in international policy.

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Historical Contingencies in the Evolution of States and Their Militaries

World Politics ◽

10.1017/s0043887118000229 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 126-161

Author(s):

Jonathan Bendor ◽

Jacob N. Shapiro

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Law Of Large Numbers ◽

International System ◽

Critical Role ◽

Selection Environment ◽

Large Numbers ◽

Key Players ◽

Chance Events ◽

The Impact ◽

Do So

AbstractHistorians and some scholars of international relations have long argued that historical contingencies play a critical role in the evolution of the international system, but have not explained whether they do so to a greater extent than in other domains or why such differences may exist. The authors address these lacunae by identifying stable differences between war and other policy domains that render the evolution of the international system more subject to chance events than those other domains. The selection environment of international politics has produced tightly integrated organizations (militaries) as the domain’s key players to a much greater degree than other policy domains. Because there are few players, no law of large numbers holds, and because militaries are tightly integrated, microshocks can reverberate up to macro-organizational levels. The anarchic character of the international system amplifies the impact of these shocks. The authors explore these phenomena in a range of historical examples.

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Internationalization and interaction in the time of covid 19.

Geopolitical Social Security and Freedom Journal ◽

10.2478/gssfj-2021-0001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Alessandro Figus

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Communication Channels ◽

Pressure Groups ◽

Technological Advances ◽

The World ◽

Multilateral Organizations ◽

Large Corporations ◽

The Impact ◽

Global Relations

Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has made interdependence globally relevant. Communication channels provide us with technological advances; they can make our lives easier, but they can also bring us viruses. In this session, we aim to explore the impact of Covid-19 on relationships between states and other global actors. To what extent will the pandemic affect international relations? What role will emerging actors such as large corporations, pressure groups or multilateral organizations take on? What impact will the possible reconfiguration of global relations have on Europe, but also on the world? This article aims to analyze the consequences of Covid-19 in our societies.

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Mediation as a Component of Communicative Competence in Training International Relations Professionals: Collaboration Between Russia and Kazakhstan

Human Language, Rights, and Security ◽

10.22363/2713-0614-2021-1-1-60-71 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 60-71

Author(s):

Irina E. Abramova ◽

Anastasia A. Ananyina ◽

Anna M. Esengalieva

Keyword(s):

Conflict Resolution ◽

International Relations ◽

English Language ◽

Communicative Competence ◽

Well Being ◽

University Teaching ◽

Special Focus ◽

Cross Border ◽

The Republic ◽

The Impact

The world lives in the era of conflict, when the safety and well-being of states or individuals to a large extent depend on the availability of well-trained professionals who are able to perform mediating functions, keeping in mind ethnic, national, political, cultural and other differences between conflicting sides. However, employers increasingly claim that todays graduates lack the skills required for conflict management and mediation even in homogeneous working environments, let alone multinational teams and international interaction. This problem is particularly relevant for the field of international relations where conflict resolution by peaceful means is very important. Countries with transition economies, such as Russia and Kazakhstan, where there is a gap between labor market requirements and university teaching practices, have been searching for new ways to educate and train young specialists. This article presents the preliminary results of a collaborative project between Petrozavodsk State University of the Russian Federation and Gumilyov Eurasian National University of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The project includes a set of dialogue- and polylogue-based learning activities with special focus on addressing any discrepancies, misunderstandings and divergence of views. The aim of the paper is to assess the impact of professionally oriented cross-border communication in the English language on the readiness of international relations students from Russia and Kazakhstan for resolving future professional disputes through mediation. The authors used formal structured questionnaires with closed-ended questions for obtaining necessary data and the comparative analysis method for interpreting them. The results suggest that systematic English-language cross-border communication in a realistic work-like environment will demonstrate the importance of mediation as a component of professional communicative competence to the students and will better prepare future foreign affairs staff for conflict resolution and mediation.

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“One Belt One Road” and Central Asia: A New Trend in Internationalization of Higher Education?

International Higher Education ◽

10.6017/ihe.2018.92.10216 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 14

Author(s):

Aisi Li

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Study Abroad ◽

International Relations ◽

Central Asia ◽

Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽

One Belt One Road ◽

Confucius Institutes ◽

The Impact

China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) strategy is the latest trend in international relations, and it is making a real impact on higher education in Central Asia. This article discusses the impact of three aspects of the plan: Chinese funding for study abroad, the Confucius Institutes, and the role of Xinjiang, China’s northwestern frontier.

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THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION CRISIS ON EUROPE’S CULTURAL CONDITIONS: WHY ARE THE POLES ‘APPREHENSIVE’ ABOUT MUSLIMS?

RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY TURKISH-SPEAKING WORLD - POLITICS AND RELIGION JOURNAL ◽

10.54561/prj1402313s ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 313-335

Author(s):

Anna М. Solarz

Keyword(s):

International Relations ◽

Political Science ◽

Cultural Condition ◽

The Political ◽

European Identity ◽

Cultural Conditions ◽

The World ◽

Science Of Religion ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

The 2015 immigration crisis revealed the weak cultural condition Europe finds itself in, given the adoption by a majority of states of a model for development that deliberately severs ties with common civilisational roots. However, while Poles do not really nurture prejudices against either Islam or immigrants, a decided majority of them voiced their unwillingness to accept new (mainly Muslim) arrivals, in the context of a solution to the above crisis the EU was intending to impose. A change of policy was thus forced upon the Union by Poland and other CEECs, given the latter’s strong guiding conviction that pursuit of a multicultural ideology leads to a weakening – rather than any improvement – in the condition of culture in Europe, and hence to a sapping of the continent’s power in the international relations sphere. As the crisis has made clear, the EU will probably have to start taking more account of preferences in this part of Europe. This means opportunities for the political science of religion to research the likelihood of a return to the Christian component of European identity, as well as the role this might play in improving the cultural condition of this part of the world.

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