Global Governance has become a buzzword in the social sciences in general and in International Relations (IR) in particular. Many different phenomena, from the influence of civil society on international decision-making processes to the role of intergovernmental organisations and transnational corporations in world politics, are invoked as examples of global governance. However, upon closer ins...

Offsetting complexity of societal dialogue, netizen has dripped down mollifying social contract – which is also redefining new context in international relations (IR) indeed. With emergence of the Internet, especially web 2.0, convenient media structure has been reshaping to meet expectation of public and new dynamics of social relations are also gaining new vibes which sometimes turns into con...

This article explores deterrence, a time-honoured concept in International Relations (ir), through the application of systemism, a concept borrowed from the philosophy of science. The purpose of this study is to provide a diagrammatic exposition that establishes the “value added” from systemism vis-à-vis the research on deterrence. A series of exchanges involving us-led efforts to deter Saddam ...

Why are humans so vulnerable to pain in interpersonal relations and can so easily hurt others physically and emotionally? We theoretically examine whether being offensively strong but defensively weak can evolve as a strategic trait that fosters cooperation. We study a population comprised of “thick-skinned” and “thinskinned” agents by using an indirect evolution model that combines rational ch...

this article deals with human development as a biosociopsychological phenomena with an emphasis on the theoretical outlooks of outstanding phenomenologists such as freud, erikson and piagent. first, life cycles, and then the interaction of human sensory systems with the external stimuli, and the information processing system involved are discussed, with a special emphasis on the relation betwee...

Human rights situation in the Middle East (ME) is a central concern in contemporary political as well as academic discourses. There is a considerable amount of literature on the subject, both academic and journalistic, in the Western world. A large part of that literature blames the ME in different ways for its ‘terrible’ conception and treatment of human rights norms. They typically, do not he...

solidarity rights, formally, introduced by karel vasak as new human rights in 1979. he suggested that these rights, based on the fraternity and solidarity, are vehicles for reforming international relations especially for moralization, socialization and humanization of international law. this article studies theoretical basis of solidarity rights and will discuss whether the approach of 'g...

How science and policy interact has been a major research focus in the International Relations (IR) tradition, using the epistemic community (EC) concept, as well as in the alternative perspective of Science and Technology Studies (STS). Should science be autonomous and as apolitical as possible in order to ‘speak truth to power’, as suggested by EC or should the inevitable entanglement of scie...

the mystical anthropological notion of internationalism means belonging to a common divine origin and natural interfaces between humans, beyond national and linguistic differences. accordingly, it is necessary to consider a metaphysical hometown as origin and ultimate goal for human being. in rumi’s mystical approach, human is defined as an observer of his relationship with the origin of being ...

Interpersonal relations are in constant flux; close friendships often dissolve into enmity. We examine linguistic cues augur transitions from friendly bonds into hostile relations through conversations from online strategy games. We look at betrayal from two perspectives in a classification framework: we characterize the difference between friendships that break and friendships that last, and w...