Discourse analysis as a method for studying CFSP : an important contribution
Theoretical debates in the field of International Relations and the relative success of constructivism have led an increasing number of researchers to use tools and […]
Theoretical approaches
About the necessity of a theory for international relations
In the field of international relations, social sciences paradigms -not without prejudices- hide an unexpected object within their self-deprecation : political ideas. Realists often summon, […]
History of mental maps and perceptions
Historians Pierre Renouvin and Jean-Baptiste Duroselle have extended the practice of diplomatic history to transform it into the history of international relations, a history of […]
The international object in the economic theory
This essay tries to analyse the illegitimate status of the international object in standard pure economics. It shows that the difficulty to think the international […]
Constructivism and reflexivism in international relations theory
Since the publication of Wendt’s Anarchy is what States Make of It (1992), there has been a deep shift into a constructivist alternative in International […]
Using Force and the Conceptual Framework of the Cosmopolitan Paradigm in International Ethics
Numerous political problems involve normative questions which must be addressed in philosophical terms. International ethics deal with such fundamental issues. The present international context can […]
For a Global Standard of Civilization : the Triangle of Ethics, Law and Politics
International Ethics, Law and Politics are generally considered separate and independent spheres, almost acting as three autonomous branches. In this article, I develop arguments which […]
The Realists against intervention. Arguments, deliberation and foreign policy
Since the end of the Cold War, the problem of military intervention has been at the heart of major debates and decisions (or non-decisions) in […]
Cuba : the Power and Powerlessness of a Utopia
If the concept of the State found its realization in the French Jacobean State, the notion of utopia finds it’s ideal representation in Cuba. Refusing […]
The laws governing the development of international relations
One of the major reasons why the field of international relations has not become an autonomous discipline, resides in the diverse images of the same […]
