Yannis A Stivachtis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yannis A Stivachtis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yannis A |
| FAMILY NAME | Stivachtis |
| SIGNATURE | STIVACHTIS Y A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1971-6503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Adam Watson and the structure of the Cold War international society: Power Structure Versus Social Structure
Adam Watson and international relations: A Contemporary Reassessment—introduction
This is the introduction to the special issue 'Adam Watson and International Relations: A Contemporary Reassessment'. In this short piece, the guest editors outline the genesis, development, and purpose of the project, offer a rationale for the special issue, summarise the papers in it, and reflect on the importance of Adam Watson within the English School and International Relations canons
A Mediterranean Region? Regional Security Complex Theory Revisited
This article argues that the shift from the bipolar structure of the Cold War international system to a more polycentric power structure at the system level has increased the significance of regional relations and has consequently enhanced the importance of the study of regionalism. It makes a case for a Mediterranean region and examines various efforts aimed at defining what constitutes a region. In so doing, it investigates whether the Regional…
Conceptualizing world society
International society’ versus’ ‘world society’: Europe and the Greek War of Independence
Revisiting the European Union as Empire
Interrogating regional international societies, questioning the global international society
English School (ES) scholars have long asserted that international society at the global level is the framework within which international order is discussed and conclusions as to how to ensure its
Sovereignty and European Integration: Deconstruction or Reconstruction of State Authority
The purpose of this essay is twofold: first, to examine the nature of the European Union’s system of governance; and second, to investigate the implications of the EU’s institutional and decision-making arrangements for sovereignty. To this end, it engages a set of theories of European integration applied to a selection of developments of contemporary EU integration that have had different effects on EU Member States’ sovereignty. The essay attem…
Liberal democracy, market economy, and international conduct as standards of ‘civilization’ in contemporary international society: The case of Russia's entry into the ‘community of civilized states
In his report to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation in the beginning of 1992, President Boris Yeltsin stated that one of the fundamental principles of his foreign policy was the integration of Russia into the ‘community of civilized states’. However, joining a society or community of some kind requires the fulfilment of certain standards. The first global application of international norms and expected standards of behaviour took place …
The Regional Dimension of International Society
The English School and the concept of ‘empire’: Theoretical and practical/political implications
The English School (ES) of International Relations is mainly associated with the idea of ‘international society’ defined as a group of states bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one another and sharing in the working of common institutions. However, the idea of ‘empire’ has posed some challenges to ES thinking. Consequently, some ES scholars have viewed ‘empire’ as a form of statehood and, therefore, as constituting one of the …
Democratization as a Peace Strategy
The European Union’s Security Strategy views the creation of strong and stable states as a prerequisite for international peace and stability. At the same time, the establishment of democratic regimes is seen as fundamental to achieving domestic stability and, as an extension, development. Consequently, democratization and democracy promotion can been seen as strategies that the EU seek to employ in order to achieve international peace and securi…
The European Union as a Peace Actor
The purpose of this essay is first, to examine European Union’s conceptualization of peace and security; and second, to discuss how the European Union (EU) seeks to contribute to international peace and security. It begins with a discussion of the EU’s understanding of peace and security and then proceeds with the EU’s identification of threats to international peace and security. The paper then focuses on the EU’s security strategy to identify h…
International Society and Regional Integration in Central Asia
This paper examines the degree of integration in Central Asia by utilizing the international society approach of the English School of International Relations (ES). After addressing the debate surrounding the concept of ‘international society’ and discussing its contents and application the paper suggests that within the contemporary heterogeneous global international society there exist some more homogeneous regional/sub-global international soc…
American Perceptions of the European Union and Its Role in World Affairs
There is a general consensus that the European Union (EU) has become a very important and influential international actor. In this process, the EU Member States have developed their own understanding and justification of the EU’s international role. However, there is a growing interest in exploring whether there are any gaps between how the EU understands and presents itself to the world and how ‘Others’ perceive its role. This article investigat…
The Council of Europe: The Institutional Limits of Contemporary European International Society
This article traces the historical development of the Council of Europe and its role in post‐enlargement Europe. The evolving structures and functions of the organization demonstrate an ongoing commitment to a homogeneous European regional international society. It is argued that the Council of Europe's liberal norm socialization process is incomplete and that this process is essential to the organization's legitimacy as well as for the deepening…
Changing Gender Attitudes in Candidate Countries: The Impact of EU Conditionality — The Case of Turkey
The impact of the European Union integration process on democratization in candidate states is often considered to be gradual. Yet it could also be argued that the effects can be seen more immediately, often in parallel to the membership negotiations. This paper investigates the impact of EU conditionality on gender attitudes and policies in Turkey to verify the above‐indicated hypothesis. Furthermore, impacts may come during the pre‐accession an…
Regional International Society in a Post‐Enlargement Europe
Enlargement has been a byword of Europe’s international relations since the end of the Cold War. But enlargement has now reached a near terminus. For NATO and the European Union, it no longer animates grand debate. For the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, it is yesterday’s issue as no real scope exists for additional members. The condition of post‐enlargement has considerable significance for Europe. …
Beyond the Anarchical Society
The idea of the English School (ES) is now firmly established in the academic community specializing in International Relations. This has resulted in a significant number of publications on a wide variety of themes associated with the School's key texts and research agenda (Dunne 1998; Buzan 2004; Vigezzi 2005; Linklater and Suganami 2006). Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society constitutes one of the School's foundational texts and therefore it is…
The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror – By Stephen Holmes
Civilization and international society: The case of European Union expansion
Joining a society of some kind requires the fulfillment of certain standards. In international society, states acknowledge the need for certain collective standards of international conduct if international order is to be maintained. The first truly global application of international norms took place during the nineteenth century through the process of the expansion of the European society of states and its gradual transformation to the contempo…
The international system and the use of weapons of mass destruction
(2000). The international system and the use of weapons of mass destruction. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 23, Preventing the Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, pp. 101-131
Kosovar Refugees and National Security
Almost one million people have been forced to leave Kosovo in search of a safe place for settlement. Although it has not been explicitly stated, the main reason that the Balkan states, as well as those of the Western world, are reluctant to receive them as refugees is that they believe that this would jeopardize their security. Some justify this reluctance as another assertion of the "Fortress Europe" ideal. Approaching the subject from a compreh…
Civilization and international society: The case of European Union expansion
Joining a society of some kind requires the fulfillment of certain standards. In international society, states acknowledge the need for certain collective standards of international conduct if international order is to be maintained. The first truly global application of international norms took place during the nineteenth century through the process of the expansion of the European society of states and its gradual transformation to the contempo…
Regional International Society in a Post‐Enlargement Europe
Enlargement has been a byword of Europe’s international relations since the end of the Cold War. But enlargement has now reached a near terminus. For NATO and the European Union, it no longer animates grand debate. For the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, it is yesterday’s issue as no real scope exists for additional members. The condition of post‐enlargement has considerable significance for Europe. …
International Society and Regional Integration in Central Asia
This paper examines the degree of integration in Central Asia by utilizing the international society approach of the English School of International Relations (ES). After addressing the debate surrounding the concept of ‘international society’ and discussing its contents and application the paper suggests that within the contemporary heterogeneous global international society there exist some more homogeneous regional/sub-global international soc…
Liberal democracy, market economy, and international conduct as standards of ‘civilization’ in contemporary international society: The case of Russia's entry into the ‘community of civilized states
In his report to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation in the beginning of 1992, President Boris Yeltsin stated that one of the fundamental principles of his foreign policy was the integration of Russia into the ‘community of civilized states’. However, joining a society or community of some kind requires the fulfilment of certain standards. The first global application of international norms and expected standards of behaviour took place …
Conceptualizing world society
Interrogating regional international societies, questioning the global international society
English School (ES) scholars have long asserted that international society at the global level is the framework within which international order is discussed and conclusions as to how to ensure its
The Council of Europe: The Institutional Limits of Contemporary European International Society
This article traces the historical development of the Council of Europe and its role in post‐enlargement Europe. The evolving structures and functions of the organization demonstrate an ongoing commitment to a homogeneous European regional international society. It is argued that the Council of Europe's liberal norm socialization process is incomplete and that this process is essential to the organization's legitimacy as well as for the deepening…
Beyond the Anarchical Society
The idea of the English School (ES) is now firmly established in the academic community specializing in International Relations. This has resulted in a significant number of publications on a wide variety of themes associated with the School's key texts and research agenda (Dunne 1998; Buzan 2004; Vigezzi 2005; Linklater and Suganami 2006). Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society constitutes one of the School's foundational texts and therefore it is…
International society’ versus’ ‘world society’: Europe and the Greek War of Independence
The English School and the concept of ‘empire’: Theoretical and practical/political implications
The English School (ES) of International Relations is mainly associated with the idea of ‘international society’ defined as a group of states bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one another and sharing in the working of common institutions. However, the idea of ‘empire’ has posed some challenges to ES thinking. Consequently, some ES scholars have viewed ‘empire’ as a form of statehood and, therefore, as constituting one of the …
Kosovar Refugees and National Security
Almost one million people have been forced to leave Kosovo in search of a safe place for settlement. Although it has not been explicitly stated, the main reason that the Balkan states, as well as those of the Western world, are reluctant to receive them as refugees is that they believe that this would jeopardize their security. Some justify this reluctance as another assertion of the "Fortress Europe" ideal. Approaching the subject from a compreh…
The international system and the use of weapons of mass destruction
(2000). The international system and the use of weapons of mass destruction. Journal of Strategic Studies: Vol. 23, Preventing the Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction, pp. 101-131
The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror – By Stephen Holmes
Civilization and international society: The case of European Union expansion
Joining a society of some kind requires the fulfillment of certain standards. In international society, states acknowledge the need for certain collective standards of international conduct if international order is to be maintained. The first truly global application of international norms took place during the nineteenth century through the process of the expansion of the European society of states and its gradual transformation to the contempo…
Beyond the Anarchical Society
The idea of the English School (ES) is now firmly established in the academic community specializing in International Relations. This has resulted in a significant number of publications on a wide variety of themes associated with the School's key texts and research agenda (Dunne 1998; Buzan 2004; Vigezzi 2005; Linklater and Suganami 2006). Hedley Bull's The Anarchical Society constitutes one of the School's foundational texts and therefore it is…
The Council of Europe: The Institutional Limits of Contemporary European International Society
This article traces the historical development of the Council of Europe and its role in post‐enlargement Europe. The evolving structures and functions of the organization demonstrate an ongoing commitment to a homogeneous European regional international society. It is argued that the Council of Europe's liberal norm socialization process is incomplete and that this process is essential to the organization's legitimacy as well as for the deepening…
Changing Gender Attitudes in Candidate Countries: The Impact of EU Conditionality — The Case of Turkey
The impact of the European Union integration process on democratization in candidate states is often considered to be gradual. Yet it could also be argued that the effects can be seen more immediately, often in parallel to the membership negotiations. This paper investigates the impact of EU conditionality on gender attitudes and policies in Turkey to verify the above‐indicated hypothesis. Furthermore, impacts may come during the pre‐accession an…
Regional International Society in a Post‐Enlargement Europe
Enlargement has been a byword of Europe’s international relations since the end of the Cold War. But enlargement has now reached a near terminus. For NATO and the European Union, it no longer animates grand debate. For the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, it is yesterday’s issue as no real scope exists for additional members. The condition of post‐enlargement has considerable significance for Europe. …
American Perceptions of the European Union and Its Role in World Affairs
There is a general consensus that the European Union (EU) has become a very important and influential international actor. In this process, the EU Member States have developed their own understanding and justification of the EU’s international role. However, there is a growing interest in exploring whether there are any gaps between how the EU understands and presents itself to the world and how ‘Others’ perceive its role. This article investigat…
The Regional Dimension of International Society
The English School and the concept of ‘empire’: Theoretical and practical/political implications
The English School (ES) of International Relations is mainly associated with the idea of ‘international society’ defined as a group of states bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one another and sharing in the working of common institutions. However, the idea of ‘empire’ has posed some challenges to ES thinking. Consequently, some ES scholars have viewed ‘empire’ as a form of statehood and, therefore, as constituting one of the …
Democratization as a Peace Strategy
The European Union’s Security Strategy views the creation of strong and stable states as a prerequisite for international peace and stability. At the same time, the establishment of democratic regimes is seen as fundamental to achieving domestic stability and, as an extension, development. Consequently, democratization and democracy promotion can been seen as strategies that the EU seek to employ in order to achieve international peace and securi…
The European Union as a Peace Actor
The purpose of this essay is first, to examine European Union’s conceptualization of peace and security; and second, to discuss how the European Union (EU) seeks to contribute to international peace and security. It begins with a discussion of the EU’s understanding of peace and security and then proceeds with the EU’s identification of threats to international peace and security. The paper then focuses on the EU’s security strategy to identify h…
International Society and Regional Integration in Central Asia
This paper examines the degree of integration in Central Asia by utilizing the international society approach of the English School of International Relations (ES). After addressing the debate surrounding the concept of ‘international society’ and discussing its contents and application the paper suggests that within the contemporary heterogeneous global international society there exist some more homogeneous regional/sub-global international soc…
Revisiting the European Union as Empire
Interrogating regional international societies, questioning the global international society
English School (ES) scholars have long asserted that international society at the global level is the framework within which international order is discussed and conclusions as to how to ensure its
Sovereignty and European Integration: Deconstruction or Reconstruction of State Authority
The purpose of this essay is twofold: first, to examine the nature of the European Union’s system of governance; and second, to investigate the implications of the EU’s institutional and decision-making arrangements for sovereignty. To this end, it engages a set of theories of European integration applied to a selection of developments of contemporary EU integration that have had different effects on EU Member States’ sovereignty. The essay attem…
Liberal democracy, market economy, and international conduct as standards of ‘civilization’ in contemporary international society: The case of Russia's entry into the ‘community of civilized states
In his report to the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation in the beginning of 1992, President Boris Yeltsin stated that one of the fundamental principles of his foreign policy was the integration of Russia into the ‘community of civilized states’. However, joining a society or community of some kind requires the fulfilment of certain standards. The first global application of international norms and expected standards of behaviour took place …
International society’ versus’ ‘world society’: Europe and the Greek War of Independence
Conceptualizing world society
A Mediterranean Region? Regional Security Complex Theory Revisited
This article argues that the shift from the bipolar structure of the Cold War international system to a more polycentric power structure at the system level has increased the significance of regional relations and has consequently enhanced the importance of the study of regionalism. It makes a case for a Mediterranean region and examines various efforts aimed at defining what constitutes a region. In so doing, it investigates whether the Regional…
Adam Watson and the structure of the Cold War international society: Power Structure Versus Social Structure
Adam Watson and international relations: A Contemporary Reassessment—introduction
This is the introduction to the special issue 'Adam Watson and International Relations: A Contemporary Reassessment'. In this short piece, the guest editors outline the genesis, development, and purpose of the project, offer a rationale for the special issue, summarise the papers in it, and reflect on the importance of Adam Watson within the English School and International Relations canons
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