Greetings,
Given the enormous diversity and versality of areas that International Relations can encompass, ranging from International Law to Political Economy, what is the current state of traditional theory in the field?
In other words, are departments and scholars worldwide still inclined upon broad theoretical questions related to basic schools such as neorealism, neoclassical realism, and power transition theory? Or has the field moved on to more narrowed down models and the status for those who are still oriented towards big theoretical question is not favorable?
If there is any literature or article available with quantitative data regarding the latest growing trends of research typology in International Relations, it would be a welcomed read.
Hi. The literature mentioned below may help you to understand the current trends in International Relations as well as in the future. Stay safe.
https://www.idos-research.de/uploads/media/DP_3.2008.pdf
https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/210826_Conley_Future_InternationalSystem_0.pdf?mCXs15QmxZARfviNyMmLTWyrqvhrjffy
https://www.swp-berlin.org/publications/products/research_papers/2018RP11_sze.pdf
Traditional theories in IR lost their relevance in the light of the recent confrontation of two big blocks: freedom & human rights minded against despotism. Mondialisation and economic liberalism will have to stand the test of the Russian aggression of Ukraine. Ukraine stands for, and defends, a free democratic world. Therefore all freedom minded will have to show their metal against brutal oppression. It was a wrong idea that democracy could be exported to other-minded countries; it has to grow from the inside through understanding of the difference of others. China and other major developing countries can only grow by export to the wealthy West. A new balance will have to be found in economic relations, now used as blackmail. Trust is a foundation of economics;
Can totalitarian countries be trusted?
Realism or political realism has been the dominant theory of international relations since the conception of the discipline. The theory claims to rely upon an ancient tradition of thought which includes writers such as Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes. Although they have come under great challenge from other theories, they remain central to the discipline. At its height, liberalism in IR was referred to as a 'utopian' theory and is still recognised as such to some degree today. However, there is a need to identify and measure the change in international relations and institutions. There are numerous examples of recent institutional change, transformation, and obsolescence.
TRIP data is very useful for understanding the current trends in International Relations. https://trip.wm.edu/ Constructivism, Realism, and Liberalism are still relevant in the field of International Relations. We can see growing non-paradigmatic quantitative research in the United States, but traditional approaches are still used widely in various countries as the investigation above shows.
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