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HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Oct 14, 2019

Traité de relations internationales, 2013

Longtemps qualifiees de « science americaine », les relations internationales sont l'un des s... more Longtemps qualifiees de « science americaine », les relations internationales sont l'un des secteurs les plus porteurs du marche universitaire mondial : offres de cours, programmes de recherche, interet des etudiants. Fruit de la collaboration entre une soixantaine de chercheurs, seniors et juniors, ce traite embrasse tous les aspects des relations internationales, y compris dans leurs developpements les plus recents. Il croise differentes approches de ce champ scientifique qu'il entend contribuer a renforcer et a dynamiser dans le monde francophone. Ce panorama complet se decline en quatre parties : 1) l'histoire comparee des relations internationales en tant que discipline universitaire ; 2) l'analyse des modalites par lesquelles les autres disciplines, des mathematiques a la philosophie, l'apprehendent ; 3) l'etat des savoirs dans les differentes branches du domaine ; 4) l'examen des canaux de diffusion des connaissances, de la pedagogie aux debats publics au sein de la Cite, sans oublier l'expertise et les nouveaux medias. Portant l'ambition de renouveler la tradition ancienne du traite, cette somme inedite en langue francaise se veut a la fois la porte d'entree de la discipline et sa reference pour tous les publics et acteurs concernes : etudiants, enseignants, chercheurs, politiciens, diplomates et experts, professionnels des associations et des organisations internationales. (Resume editeur)

This chapter lays out the objectives of the volume, provides a new conceptual and methodological ... more This chapter lays out the objectives of the volume, provides a new conceptual and methodological framework, and justifies case selection. It comprises three sections. The first section argues that a comparative approach to the study of grand strategy both highlights the constraints of contemporary single-country research and the opportunities presented by a systematic research design. The chapter’s second section evaluates the alternative definitions and competing theoretical traditions developed to study grand strategy. The authors argue in favor of an integration of these traditions within a single framework, coupled with an expanded universe of countries as viable cases. In the third section, the authors examine which systemic and domestic factors organically influence the ways in which states formulate and implement grand strategies. The chapter identifies criteria for better explanations about why individual states make specific choices, and provides threads that ensure the internal consistency of the book.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, 2018

Practices refer to collective and historic acts that shaped the evolution of the fundamental dist... more Practices refer to collective and historic acts that shaped the evolution of the fundamental distinction used to define the field of security—that of internal vs. external security. In general, security practices relate to two kinds of tools through which professionals of (in)security think about a threat: regulatory tools, which seek to “normalize” the behavior of target individuals (for example, policy regulation, constitution), and capacity tools, specific modalities for imposing external discipline upon individuals and groups. The roots of the distinction between internal and external security are embedded in a historical process of competition over where to draw the line between the authority and limits of diverse agencies. Much of the international relations (IR) literature ignores the diversity of security practices, and reduces security to an IR problem detached from other bodies of knowledge. This is an error that needs to be corrected. Security and insecurity must be analy...

International Relations, 2015

Cultures & conflits, 2007

Securitization Theory, 2010

Preface 1. Legitimacy and the "Logic" of Security, Thierry Balzacq Part I: Resistance E... more Preface 1. Legitimacy and the "Logic" of Security, Thierry Balzacq Part I: Resistance Editor's Introduction 2. Security and Surveillance Contests: Resistance and Counter-Resistance, Gary T. Marx 3. Contesting and Resisting Security in Post-Mao China, Juha A. Vuori 4. Poking Holes and Spreading Cracks in the Wall: Resistance to National Security Policies Under Bush, Florent Blanc Part II: Desecuritization Editor's Introduction 6. Security as Universality? The Roma Contesting Security in Europe, Claudia Aradau 7. The Political Limits of Desecuritization: Security, Arms Trade, and the EU's Economic Target, Thierry Balzacq, Sara Depauw and Sarah Leonard 8. Just and Unjust Desecuritizations, Rita Floyd Part III: Emancipation Editor's Introduction 9.Emancipation and the Reality of Security: A Reconstructive Agenda, Joao Nunes 10. Contesting Border Security: Emancipation and Asylum in the Australian Context, Matt McDonald Part IV: Resilience Editor's Introduction 11. Resiliencism and Security Studies: Initiating a Dialogue, Philippe Bourbeau 12. Resilience as Standard: Risks, Hazards and Threats, Peter Rogers 13. Pandemics as Staging Grounds for Resilient World Order: SARS, Avian Flu, and the Evolving Forms of Secure Political Solidarity, Mika Aaltola Conclusion, Lene Hansen

Security Dialogue, 2006

In the last decade, critical approaches have substantially reshaped the theoretical landscape of ... more In the last decade, critical approaches have substantially reshaped the theoretical landscape of security studies in Europe. Yet, despite an impressive body of literature, there remains fundamental disagreement as to what counts as critical in this context. Scholars are still arguing in terms of ‘schools’, while there has been an increasing and sustained cross-fertilization among critical approaches. Finally, the boundaries between critical and traditional approaches to security remain blurred. The aim of this article is therefore to assess the evolution of critical views of approaches to security studies in Europe, discuss their theoretical premises, investigate their intellectual ramifications, and examine how they coalesce around different issues (such as a state of exception). The article then assesses the political implications of critical approaches. This is done mainly by analysing processes by which critical approaches to security percolate through a growing number of subjec...

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2010

On 27 May 2005, seven Member States signed the Prüm Convention to step up cross-border cooperatio... more On 27 May 2005, seven Member States signed the Prüm Convention to step up cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration. Named after the German city in which it was signed, the Treaty's main advantage is that it enables the signatories to speed up the exchange of information. However, this paper argues that the Treaty produces negative externalities for the European Union's area of freedom, security and justice by circumventing the EU framework. First, by keeping the ...

Review of International Studies, 2021

The performance of ritual and the ritualisation of performance are the two main theoretical reper... more The performance of ritual and the ritualisation of performance are the two main theoretical repertoires of ritual study in international politics and beyond. However, they also escalate tensions between those who insist on ritual's ability to operate by virtue of participants’ presence and those who believe that global networks of media call for a representational turn, which must tie participants and audiences across borders. Should we fail to understand how these distinct theoretical repertoires interact, it would be difficult to study international ritual, identify its functions, and trace its effects. Anchored in the sociology of ‘social occasions’, this article weaves ritual's patterns, properties, and resources into a coherent analytical framework. The framework enables us to better to grasp how actors move between/within different worlds (ritual and performance) and to what effects. The comparative study of two post-terrorism ritual occasions (the 2011 Rose March in O...