On September 15, 2021, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, “a new enhanced trilateral security partnership” between these three countries. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Britain’s...
Politics around the world suggests two major features: nations either adopt autocratic methods or engage in democratic practices. The foundations of politics start with human nature and the state of nature. Human nature encompasses both positive and negative aspects....
Harald Edinger
Anarchy is said to be the foundational condition of the international system. Its equivalent at the level of individual human experience is the emotion of fear. Classical realists like Thomas Hobbes believed fear played a crucial role in...
The theory of International Relations (IRT) is either derived from or followed in praxis. Its origin dates to the time of the evolution of the discipline of International Relations as a separate field of study. International Relations commenced formally...