Email this citation. What Could Be Done? He is the author of the following books: Resolving the Security Dilemma in Europe. Preface II. Postmodernism 1. The Postmodern Condition 2.
Postmodernist International Relations Theory 3. Conclusion III. The Postmodern Military and Postmodern War fare 1. The Postmodern Military 2. Trifurcation of War?
Enduring and Variable Factors in War 6. Conclusion IV. Ethno-National Conflicts 1. Crisis of the State? The Rise of Nationalism 3. Territory 4. Conflict Dynamics 5. Conclusion V. What is the Problem, What Can be Done? Something Should Be Done. Short-term Measures 4. Conflict Resolution 5. Conclusion VI. Conclusion Appendix I. Enduring and Variable Factors in War 1.
To Which Extent? By Which Means? Peace Support Operations 1. Agenda s for Peace 2. Postmodern Peace Operations 3. Taxonomy 4. Notes to Appendix II. Preface A theoretical revolt against mainstream International Relations theory in general, and Realism in particular, is long overdue.
Their main assumptions are increasingly out of touch with the post-Cold War realities, especially their conception of the international system as consisting almost entirely of states, in their turn understood as unitary and amoral actors pursuing their 'national interests, defined in terms of power'. That mainstream IR theory is in crisis, however, does not mean that each and every challenger will or should prevail against it.
