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Republicanism within IR: A History of Liberty and Empire / Blachford, Kevin

Blachford, Kevin	Journal Article
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The republican tradition has long been influential within political theory, but has been less acknowledged within the discipline of International Relations (IR). Republican theorists and republican ideas of political liberty underlie many normative claims made by both liberal and realist schools of thought. The following examination of republicanism takes an interdisciplinary approach to argue the relevance of republicanism for IR theory. When republicanism is recognised within IR, it is often through a triumphalist reading of the early American republic and its founding. This article opens new ground by presenting a more critical account of republicanism. It does so by focusing on the connections between republican liberty and the history of republics to dominate those outside the polis.

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Empire ; Republicanism ; IR Theory

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Western orientalism and the threat from Russia / Blachford, Kevin

Blachford, Kevin	Journal Article
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Contemporary security discourse on the belligerence of Russia is often understood through cultural terms. Russian culture and its way of war are seen to be a fundamental cause of tension. This cultural divide is increasingly described in civilizational terms in which a liberal democratic West is opposed by an irrational Russian-East, ever resistant to modernity. This perspective is known as orientalism. The following paper argues that orientalism and its cultural explanations of war are problematic. Western orientalist portrayals of Russia increase the chances of militarization and limits the scope of negotiation.

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Western Orientalism ; Threat from Russia

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