French Perspectives on International Relations after the Cold War

Hopmann, P. Terrence; Ayache, Georges; Lorot, Pascal; Fontaine, Andre; Lellouche, Pierre; Moïsi, Dominique; Rupnik, Jacques; Prate, Alain

doi:10.2307/222611

Mershon International Studies Review

1994

DOI: 10.2307/222611

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French Perspectives on International Relations after the Cold War

P. Terrence Hopmann

Georges Ayache²,

Pascal Lorot³

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“…While there is no denying that academics have informed policymaking, especially in the area of deterrence strategy~Siverson, 2000!, the concern remains that the great bulk of international studies research remains far too abstract, specialized, or linguistically incestuous to reach the "light of day" in policy circles~George, 1993; Druckman, 1994;Hermann and Woyach, 1994;Hopmann, 1994;Kegley, 1994!. But the question is whether the focus on state policymaking captures the full range of practical impact a scholar can have. In the last two decades there has been a marked proliferation of nongovernmental organizations.…”

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The Public Relevance of International Security Research in an Era of Globalism

Malin

Latham

2001

Int Studies Perspectives

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International relations specialists have frequently questioned whether their academic research and teaching has any impact on the "real world." The record of success is generally believed to be a spotty one. While there is no denying that academics have informed aspects of policymaking, the concern remains that the great bulk of international studies research is too abstract, specialized, or linguistically incestuous to reach the light of day in policy circles. We argue that the relationship between the pursuit of peace and security and the study of it is more complex than is captured by the classic policy-research divide. The argument rests on two observations: First, to assess the public impact of peace and security studies, one must focus on how practices within a variety of institutional contexts, not just state policies, are transformed. Second, it is not scholarship per se that has a measurable public impact, but the interplay of research, practical innovation, and advocacy. We derive these observations from a review of the work of Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Program fellows over the fifteen-year life of that program.We live in an age when U.S. academic departments and research programs are often obligated to demonstrate to administrators and funders that what they do has an impact on the world beyond the academy. For the field of International Relations this task has been less menacing than it has been for fields like Comparative Literature. The subject matter that occupies IR scholars is often selfevidently central to the well-being and security of millions of lives everyday.Yet IR specialists have worried quite a bit about whether what they write and teach has any impact on the "real world" pursuit of peace, security, and human well-being~Newsom, 1995-96!. The concern has been well-founded historically. After all, not only were grave official decisions of war and peace often at issue in their work but so too were decisions about governmental funding of academic research programs. Over the past 50 years millions of research dollars have ridden on the persuasiveness of claims about "policy relevance" in research proposals~Geiger, 1993; Lowen, 1997!.International Studies Perspectives~2001! 2, 221-230.

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“…The debate within Germany has special significance because of Germany's role within Europe, within the Western Alliance, and within the global economy. As a result, the future of German foreign policy has become a subject for discussion and speculation among North American (for example, Hoffinann, 1990;Mearsheimer, 1990;Hopmann, 1994) as well as European (Sana, 1990;Verheyen and Soe, 1993;Garton Ash, 1994) scholars. Yet, there are sharp contrasts between the assumptions that non-Germans and Germans have made regarding feasible alternatives.…”

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Goodbye Bismarck? The Foreign Policy of Contemporary Germany

Hellmann

1996

Mershon International Studies Review

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This essay examines the foreign policy discourse in contemporary Germany. In reviewing a growing body of publications by German academics and foreign policy analysts, it identifies five schools of thought based on different worldviews, assumptions about international politics, and policy recommendations. These schools of thought are then related to, first, actual preferences held by German policymakers and the public more generally and, second, to a small set of grand strategies that Germany could pursue in the future. It argues that the spectrum of likely choices is narrow, with the two most probable-the strategies of "Wider West" and "Carolingian Europe"---continuing the multilateral and integrationist orientation of the old Federal Republic. These findings are contrasted with diverging assessments in the non-German professional literature. Finally, the essay sketches avenues for future research by suggesting ways for broadening the study of country-specific grand strategies, developing and testing inclusive typologies of more abstract foreign policy strategies, and refining the analytical tools in examining foreign policy discourses in general.

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The sirens of power and German foreign policy: Who is listening?

Hellmann

1997

German Politics

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French Perspectives on International Relations after the Cold War

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The Public Relevance of International Security Research in an Era of Globalism

The Public Relevance of International Security Research in an Era of Globalism

Goodbye Bismarck? The Foreign Policy of Contemporary Germany

The sirens of power and German foreign policy: Who is listening?

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