Nationalisms in International Politics represents an ambitious attempt to integrate theories from social psychology and International Relations (IR) to explain how nationalism operates. Nationalism and its impact on world politics is a topic of longstanding importance, with pioneering entries from E.H. Carr (reviewed by none other than Hans Morgenthau), Ernest Gellner, Ernst Haas and others,... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
“We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.”[1] So remarked J. R. Seeley, in an influential set of lectures that were delivered at the University of Cambridge and subsequently published in the 1880s. Though the focus of his comment was those leaders who... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Understanding the malaise of the Middle East has long been the preoccupation of scholars, many of whom have sought to explain the region’s postcolonial trajectory and the roots of its persistent instability, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment.[1] In What Really Went Wrong, Fawaz Gerges challenges conventional narratives that reduce the region to oil politics, religious extremism, or... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Military service has traditionally been one of the pathways to the presidency, starting with George Washington, who led the Colonies through the American Revolution. Presidents whose military service was formative in their political careers include Andrew Jackson, whose victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 catapulted him... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
In 1962, former United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson famously observed that British policymakers were struggling to find a purpose as the country’s once vast empire was being rapidly dismantled. The same view can be applied to contemporary policymakers who are struggling to “find a role” for Britain in the aftermath of its exit... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Roundtable Review 17-5 David V. Gioe and Michael J. Morell, “Spy and Tell: The Promise and Peril of Disclosing Intelligence for Strategic Advantage,” Foreign Affairs 7:4 (2024): 138-152.| H-Diplo|RJISSF
