Losing Control
This book belongs to the field of international relations. Its specialization is in the subfield of international security, with a critique of the realist paradigm – or power and control orientation in international politics. Its main argument is that the dominant realist approach in international...
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oai:doaj.org-article:fa74370b9d074444a2581836a5fc31bc2021-12-02T19:41:28ZLosing Control10.35632/ajis.v21i3.17722690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/fa74370b9d074444a2581836a5fc31bc2004-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1772https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 This book belongs to the field of international relations. Its specialization is in the subfield of international security, with a critique of the realist paradigm – or power and control orientation in international politics. Its main argument is that the dominant realist approach in international security is unsustainable due to the equalizing effects of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The dangerous “revolts at the margins” threaten the status quo. The book is a plea to state officials in the Middle East, the United States, Europe, Russia, transnational corporations, and international organizations to adopt attitudes conducive to justice. Since Rogers is questioning the extant realist orientation, one would expect him to outline the basic alternative principles for conducting international politics that could ensure justice, peace, and stability. Perhaps his heavy engagement with how the West tries to maintain control of the international order – as seen from the book’s title and discussions – weakened this perspective. The basic tension of what ought to be the correct rational structure of international interdependence, that which could enable this system “break out of the narrow view” or one-sided “perceptions” (p. 38), is not clarified. In short, what Rogers sees as replacing the old paradox (the cold war) for the present one (“violent peace”) is actually a continuation of ... Munya G. KabbaInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 21, Iss 3 (2004) |
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This book belongs to the field of international relations. Its specialization
is in the subfield of international security, with a critique of the realist paradigm
– or power and control orientation in international politics. Its
main argument is that the dominant realist approach in international security
is unsustainable due to the equalizing effects of terrorism and the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The dangerous
“revolts at the margins” threaten the status quo. The book is a plea to state
officials in the Middle East, the United States, Europe, Russia, transnational
corporations, and international organizations to adopt attitudes conducive
to justice.
Since Rogers is questioning the extant realist orientation, one would
expect him to outline the basic alternative principles for conducting international
politics that could ensure justice, peace, and stability. Perhaps his
heavy engagement with how the West tries to maintain control of the international
order – as seen from the book’s title and discussions – weakened
this perspective. The basic tension of what ought to be the correct rational
structure of international interdependence, that which could enable this system
“break out of the narrow view” or one-sided “perceptions” (p. 38), is
not clarified. In short, what Rogers sees as replacing the old paradox (the
cold war) for the present one (“violent peace”) is actually a continuation of ...
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