This book aims to examine the conditions under which the decision to use force can be reckoned as legitimate in international relations. Drawing on communicative action theory, it provides a provocative answer to the hotly contested question of how to understand the legitimacy of the use of force in international politics.
The use of force is one of the most critical and controversial aspects of international politics. Scholars and policy-makers have long tried to develop meaningful standards capable of restricting the use of force to a legally narrow yet morally defensible set of...
This book aims to examine the conditions under which the decision to use force can be reckoned as legitimate in international relations. Drawing on...
This title offers compelling answers to the question of how global governance can and ought to effectively address serious global problems such as financial instability, military conflicts and severe acts of distributive injustice through argumentation research.
This title offers compelling answers to the question of how global governance can and ought to effectively address serious global problems such as fin...
This volume investigates secret diplomacy with the aim of understanding its role in shaping foreign policy.
Recent events, including covert intelligence gathering operations, accusations of spying, and the leaking of sensitive government documents, have demonstrated that secrecy endures as a crucial, yet overlooked, aspect of international diplomacy. The book brings together different research programmes and views on secret diplomacy and integrates them into a coherent analytical framework, thereby filling an important gap in the literature. The aim is to stimulate, generate and direct...
This volume investigates secret diplomacy with the aim of understanding its role in shaping foreign policy.
