Whiskey & International Relations Theory

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Episode 14: Campbell Writes Security, part 2 Dec 22, 2020

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It's not quite Song of Ice and Fire territory, but we're sure a few people will be pleased that the second half of our discussion of David Campbell's Writing Security has dropped.

Episode 13: Campbell Writes Security, part 1 Nov 03, 2020

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Patrick and Dan discuss a classic work of critical security studies, David Campbell's Writing Security. Topics include the construction of the Cold War and the film Rising Sun.

Episode 12: The Strange Regime Jul 22, 2020

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In a sequel (of sorts) to Episode 11, Patrick and Dan talk about Susan Strange's "Cave! hic dragones: a critique of regime analysis." Topics include a comparison of "American" and "European" IR, realism as critical theory, the evolution of liberal order (redux), and cats.

Episode 11: Embedded Liberalism Jul 07, 2020

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John Ruggie's 1982 article, which appeared in a special issue of International Organization on 'international regimes', is an important milestone for theories of hegemony, understandings of liberal (economic) order, and in the evolution of constructivism. Patrick and Dan revisit a piece they remember fondly from graduate school.

Episode 3: Bananas, Beaches and Bases, part 1 Jun 17, 2020

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We discuss Cynthia Enloe's classic work of feminist international-relations theory. Note that this is a repost of the episode.

Episode 10: (Epilogue) Race and Securitization Theory May 25, 2020

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After we finished recording the material in Episode 9, we stayed on and talked some more. These are the parts we all agreed are worth posting. Featuring special guests: Jarrod Hayes, Nawal Mustafa, and Robbie Shilliam.

Episode 9: Race and Securitization Theory May 21, 2020

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Patrick and Dan host a panel discussion with Jarrod Hayes, Nawal Mustafa, and Robbie Shilliam.
Their guests try to provide theoretical context for and some larger analysis of the recent controversy over claims that Securitization Theory is irredeemably marred by its putative reliance on colonial and racist scaffolding.
This is a complete episode. The second part consists of an epilogue in which the panel covers some additional topics that did not make it into the main recording.

Episode 8: A Relational Theory of World Politics, part 2 May 13, 2020

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Dan and Patrick finish out their discussion of Yaqing Qin's 2018 book. They focus on aspects of Qin's version of relational theorizing and reflect on some of his normative claims.

Episode 7: A Relational Theory of World Politics, part 1 May 06, 2020

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Yaqing Qin's book marks, according to Astrid Nordin, a long-awaited "full-length English-language" outline of the "theorization of world politics by one of China's most influential and interesting scholars!"
What did Patrick and Dan think of it? Listen to find out.

Episode 6: Wendt's (Article) World, part 2 Apr 13, 2020

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The second half of our discussion of two of Wendt's most important articles in the development of "Constructivism" as an approach to the study of world politics.

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