A list for the geeks interested in international politics and the academic IR field.
Seminal text and best-known presentation of the Neo-realist approach
Theory of International Politics by Kenneth
No, states are not just black balls that compete; they can actually become dependent upon each other - or “Interdependent”. Key text on the liberal approach
Power and Interdependence
No student of IR can leave this unread. The key presentation of the Copenhagen School of Security Studies, it presented Societal and Environmental Security long before terrorism and climate change became front and centre in the public mind
Security A New Framework for Analysis
Think academics are just buried in their trenches? The neo-neo debate begs to differ.
Neorealism and Its Critics: Keohane, Robert
The seminal book on the Vo
Constructivist approach to IR
Constructing International Politics
Interested in classic approaches to IR? Start here for the classic realist take.
