Concepts in International Relations - A New Introduction

About the author

Felix Berenskoetter is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at SOAS, University of London. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and specializes in international theory and concepts, in particular friendship, identity, power, security, peace, and time; as well as German foreign policy, European security and transatlantic relations. He has published articles in various journals and co-edited Power in World Politics (Routledge, 2007). Felix is a former editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies, founder and former chair of the ISA Theory Section and currently an associate editor of the Journal of Global Security Studies. 

Summary

How can we better understand global issues? And what does it mean to do international relations theory today? This textbook shows how key concepts like power, security, and race shape our world. It is the essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students approaching IR or IR theory for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Felix Berenskoetter
• Assisted by: Felix Berenskoetter (Editor), Berenskoetter Felix (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 25.11.2025
• EAN: 9781529669954
• ISBN: 978-1-5296-6995-4
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, PERFORMING ARTS / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science and theory, For undergraduate education and equivalents