Beyond State and Hegemony: International Orders as Anarchic Meta-Fields

From ‘theories of Hegemony’ to ‘hegemony Analysis’ in International Relations

Conflict, Evolution, Hegemony, and the Power of the State

In a model of evolution driven by con ict between societies more powerful states have an advantage. When the in uence of outsiders is small we show that this results in a tendency to hegemony. In a simple example in which institutions di er in their exclusiveness we nd that these hegemonies will be ine ciently extractive in the sense of having ine ciently high taxes, high compensation for state...

Con ict, Evolution, Hegemony, and the Power of the State

In a model of evolution driven by con ict between societies more powerful states have an advantage. When the in uence of outsiders is small we show that this results in a tendency to hegemony. In a simple example in which institutions di er in their exclusiveness we nd that these hegemonies will be ine ciently extractive in the sense of having ine ciently high taxes, high compensation for state...

Security Beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in International Politics

To date, most discussion of security privatization in international politics has been focused on the role of private military companies and mercenaries. This article seeks to shift the focus away from the battlefields and toward the less spectacular privatization and globalization of commercial private security. Drawing on Saskia Sassen’s notion of state ‘‘disassembly,’’ we situate the growth o...

The Renovation of Western Hegemony European Alternatives in International Relations