Stefano Guzzini
Professor (leave of absence) at Department of Government; Faculty
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- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
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- Leave of absence:
- 2023-09-01 - 2028-08-31
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Short presentation
My research focus lies within the field of International Relations, relying on social and political theory, political science, sociology and political economy. The focus of my publications has been with realism and constructivism in international theory, foreign policy analysis (mainly applied in Europe), as well as with the conceptual analysis and theories of power. More recently, I have worked on interpretivist methodologies (process tracing and notions of causality) and critical geopolitics.
Biography
Diplômé de l'IEP de Paris, MSc (Econ) LSE, PhD in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute
Present positions (besides Uppsala): Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (since 2000) and Distinguished International Professor at Instituto de Relaciones Internacionais (IRI) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Previous positions: Assistant Professor of Political Science (1994-1997) and then Associate Professor of International Relations and European Studies (and head of department) at the Central European University, Budapest (1997-2002), Associate Professor of Government, Uppsala University (2002-05), DAAD Guest Professor at the University of Bremen (2007-2008), and Guest Professor at PUC-Rio de Janeiro (2011). Former Fellow at the Hanse Institute for Advanced Study (2007-2008) and at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin (2012-2013).
President of the Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA), and former member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Group of International Relations (SGIR) of the ECPR and of the Governing Council of the International Studies Association (ISA).
Editorial committee member of the book series of the SGIR/EISA (Palgrave Series in International Relations (since 2006) and of C&M Working Paper Series (of the IPSA Committee on Concepts and Methods, since 2013). Former editor of Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD, 2004-2008) and editorial committee member of Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (2002-2010), European Journal of International Relations (2004-2008), as well as of the book series of the IR Section of German Political Science Association (2005-2011). International Advisory Board member of Contexto Internacional, Cooperation and Conflict, International Political Sociology, International Relations, International Studies Review, Journal of Global Analysis, Lithuanian Annual Strategic Review, Relaciones Internacionales (Madrid), Review of International Political Economy. Former editorial committee member of European Journal of International Relations.

Publications
Selection of publications
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The ends of International Relations Theory: Stages of reflexivity and modes of theorizing
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 521-541, 2013
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Power, realism and constructivism
Routledge, 2013
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Routledge, 2013
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The Diffusion of Power in Global Governance: International Political Economy meets Foucault
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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The return of geopolitics in Europe?: Social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Securitization as a causal mechanism
Part of Security Dialogue, p. 329-341, 2011
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SAGE, 2011
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 301-322, 2010
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From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique
Part of Multilateralism under challenge?, p. 119-138, UNU Press, Tokyo, 2006
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Wendt's constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis
Part of Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics, p. 73-92, Routledge, London & New York, 2006
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The concept of power: a constructivist analysis
Part of Millennium, p. 495-522, 2005
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Contemporary Security Studies and Copenhagen Peace Research
Routledge, London & New York, 2004
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The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 533-568, 2004
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Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 40-52, Routledge, London et al., 2004
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Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 1-12, Routledge, London et al., 2004
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Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Luhmann's conceptualisation of power
Part of Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics, p. 208-222, Routledge, London et al., 2004
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Foreign policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads
Part of International Relations, p. 291-297, 2002
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Réalisme et analyse de la politique étrangère
Part of Politique étrangère. Nouveaux regards, p. 33-63, Presses de Sciences-Po, Paris, 2002
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 316-338, 2001
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The different worlds of realism in International Relations
Part of Millennium, p. 111-121, 2001
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The significance and roles of teaching theory in international relations
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 98-117, 2001
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Calling for a less 'brandish' and less 'grand' reconvention
Part of Review of International Studies, p. 495-501, 2001
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A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 147-182, 2000
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Strange’s oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent
Part of Strange Power: Shaping the parameters of international relations and international political economy, p. 215-228, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000
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The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory
Part of Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, Routledge, London, 2000
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The Italian Democrats of the Left
Part of Social Democratic Parties in the European Union: History, Organization, Policies, Macmillan, London, 1999
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Routledge, London et al., 1998
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Economic and Monetary Union and the crisis of European Social Contracts
Part of The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union, p. 133-163, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997
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Robert Gilpin: The Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power
Part of The Future of International Theory: Masters in the Making?, Routlegde, London et al., 1997
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The "Long Night of the First Republic": years of clientelistic implosion in Italy
Part of Review of International Political Economy, p. 27-61, 1995
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The coincidence of peaceful changes: the political economy of Italy at the end of the Cold War
Part of Peaceful changes in world politics, p. 283-336, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
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Possibilities and limits of Republican World Politics: a concluding trialogue
Part of Peaceful changes in World Politics, p. 404-430, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
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La longue nuit de la Première République: L'implosion clientéliste en Italie
Part of Revue Française de Science Politique, p. 979-1013, 1994
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Structural power: the limits of neorealist power analysis
Part of International Organization, p. 443-478, 1993
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A New Diplomacy for the post Cold War World: Essays for Susan Strange
Macmillan, London, 1993
Recent publications
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Foregrounding politics: From the climate-security nexus to peace in the Anthropocene
Part of Geoforum, 2025
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Relationalism(s) Unpacked: Engaging Yaqing Qin's Theory of World Politics
Part of Chinese Journal of International Politics, p. 187-205, 2024
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Ideas and Identity from Rationalism to Theories of Recognition
Part of Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods, p. 21-38, Routledge, 2023
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Potęga strukturalna: ograniczenia neorealistycznej koncepcji potęgi
Part of Stosunki międzynarodowe: Antologia tekstów źródłowych, p. 85-107, University of Warsaw Press, 2022
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Part of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
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Foregrounding politics: From the climate-security nexus to peace in the Anthropocene
Part of Geoforum, 2025
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Relationalism(s) Unpacked: Engaging Yaqing Qin's Theory of World Politics
Part of Chinese Journal of International Politics, p. 187-205, 2024
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Part of International Theory, p. 117-118, 2022
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“Vision of Itself” in Foreign Policy Analysis: From the Role of Ideas to Identity and Recognition
Part of Teoria Polityki, p. 33-57, 2022
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Part of International Studies Review, p. 268-288, 2020
- DOI for Embrace IR Anxieties (or, Morgenthau's Approach to Power, and the Challenge of Combining the Three Domains of IR Theorizing)
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Part of International Theory, p. 449-458, 2020
- DOI for Protean power as a plea for an open social ontology, non-efficient causal explanations, and cautious political practice
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Preservando el momento humano (en memoria de Francisco Javier Peñas)
Part of Relaciones Internacionales, p. 201-206, 2019
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 737-759, 2017
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The return of geopolitics in Europe?: Social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises
Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 399-422, 2017
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Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 423-445, 2017
- DOI for Militarizing politics, essentializing identities: Interpretivist process tracing and the power of geopolitics
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Benjamin Cohen on global order: when Keynes meets realism - and beyond
Part of Contexto Internacional, p. 851-887, 2015
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Part of Relaciones Internacionales, p. 97-115, 2015
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What kind of theory – if any – is securitization?
Part of International Relations, p. 96-136, 2015
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Introduction: 'What kind of theory - if any - is securitization?'
Part of International Relations, p. 97-102, 2015
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 142-146, 2014
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Uma reconstrução do construtivismo nas relações internacionai
Part of Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD, p. 376-429, 2014
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The periphery starts in our heads
Part of Przegląd Europejski (European Review), p. 14-18, 2013
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The ends of International Relations Theory: Stages of reflexivity and modes of theorizing
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 521-541, 2013
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Part of International Political Sociology, p. 111-113, 2013
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Securitization as a causal mechanism
Part of Security Dialogue, p. 329-341, 2011
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Marxist Geopolitics: Still a Missed Rendez-Vous?
Part of Geopolitics, p. 226-229, 2011
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 301-322, 2010
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The concept of power: a constructivist analysis
Part of Millennium, p. 495-522, 2005
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The enduring dilemmas of realism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 533-568, 2004
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In den IB nichts Neues? Der 11. September und die Rollenverständnisse der Disziplin
Part of Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, p. 135-146, 2004
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Costruttivismo e ruolo delle istituzioni nelle relazioni internazionali
Part of Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, p. 215-235, 2003
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Foreign policy without diplomacy: the Bush administration at a crossroads
Part of International Relations, p. 291-297, 2002
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Part of Desafíos, p. 52-86, 2002
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Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 316-338, 2001
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The different worlds of realism in International Relations
Part of Millennium, p. 111-121, 2001
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The significance and roles of teaching theory in international relations
Part of Journal of International Relations and Development, p. 98-117, 2001
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Calling for a less 'brandish' and less 'grand' reconvention
Part of Review of International Studies, p. 495-501, 2001
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A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations
Part of European Journal of International Relations, p. 147-182, 2000
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The "Long Night of the First Republic": years of clientelistic implosion in Italy
Part of Review of International Political Economy, p. 27-61, 1995
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La longue nuit de la Première République: L'implosion clientéliste en Italie
Part of Revue Française de Science Politique, p. 979-1013, 1994
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Structural power: the limits of neorealist power analysis
Part of International Organization, p. 443-478, 1993
Books
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Realizm w nauce o stosunkach międzynarodowych
Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2017
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Power, realism and constructivism
Routledge, 2013
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Il realismo nelle Relazioni Internazionali: Storia infinita di una morte annunciata
Vita e Pensiero, 2008
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Contemporary Security Studies and Copenhagen Peace Research
Routledge, London & New York, 2004
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Realismus v mezináárodníích vztazíích
Principal and Barrister, 2004
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Routledge, London et al., 1998
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A New Diplomacy for the post Cold War World: Essays for Susan Strange
Macmillan, London, 1993
Chapters in book
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Ideas and Identity from Rationalism to Theories of Recognition
Part of Routledge Handbook of Foreign Policy Analysis Methods, p. 21-38, Routledge, 2023
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Potęga strukturalna: ograniczenia neorealistycznej koncepcji potęgi
Part of Stosunki międzynarodowe: Antologia tekstów źródłowych, p. 85-107, University of Warsaw Press, 2022
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Part of Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford University Press, 2022
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Power in communitarian evolution
Part of Theorizing World Orders, p. 35-52, Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Part of The Social Construction of State Power, p. 217-232, Bristol University Press, 2020
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International political sociology, or: the social ontology and power politics of process
Part of Routledge Handbook of International Political Sociology, p. 366-375, Routledge, 2017
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Foreign Policy Identity Crises and the uses of the West
Part of Uses of the West, p. 13-36, Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Part of Max Weber and International Relations, p. 97-118, Cambridge University Press, 2017
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Methods and Philosophy of Science: Psychology, Historical Science and Inefficient Causation
Part of Richard Ned Lebow, p. 35-44, Springer, 2017
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Teorie realistyczne i praktyka. Przedmowa do wydania polskiego
Part of Realizm w nauce o stosunkach międzynarodowych, p. 13-35, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, 2017
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Following Onuf’s rules on rule: the legal road to social constructivism
Part of The Art of World Making: Nicholas Onuf and his critics, p. 175-188, Routledge, 2017
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Part of Concepts in World Politics, p. 23-40, Sage Publications, 2016
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Part of Concepts in World Politics, p. 23-40, Sage Publications, 2016
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A História dual da Securitização
Part of Segurança, Liberdade e Política, p. 15-32, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2015
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Part of Liberal World Orders, p. 247-256, Oxford University Press, 2013
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Power: Bourdieu’s field analysis of relational capital, misrecognition and domination
Part of Bourdieu in international relations, p. 78-92, Routledge, 2013
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In the beginning was conceptualisation
Part of Rethinking Foreign Policy, p. 3-14, Routledge, 2013
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The ambivalent 'diffusion of power' in global governance
Part of The Diffusion of Power in Global Governance, p. 1-37, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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Part of Política exterior, hegemonía y estados pequeños, p. 14-22, Editorial Universitaria, 2012
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The concept of power: A constructivist analysis
Part of Power and politics, p. 335-358, Sage Publications, 2012
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The mixed revival of geopolitics in Europe
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 219-250, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Social mechanisms as micro-dynamics in constructivist analysis
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 251-277, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Structural power: The limits of neorealist power analysis
Part of Power and Politics, p. 139-176, Sage Publications, 2012
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Which puzzle?: An expected return of geopolitical thought in Europe?
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 9-17, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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The framework of analysis: Geopolitics meets foreign policy identity crises
Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 45-74, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Part of The Return of Geopolitics in Europe?, p. 18-44, Cambridge University Press, 2012
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Constructivist view of power in International Relations
Part of Encyclopedia of Power, p. 138-141, SAGE, 2011
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Fungibility of Power Resources
Part of Encyclopedia of Power, p. 266-267, SAGE, 2011
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Part of Encyclopedia of Power, p. 563-567, SAGE, 2011
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Power and International Politics
Part of International Encyclopedia of Political Science, p. 2109-2115, SAGE, 2011
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Part of Foreign Policy Analysis, Sage Publications, 2011
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Part of On Rules, Politics, and Knowledge, p. 23-36, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
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A reconstruction of constructivism in International Relations
Part of Approaches to international relations, Vol. II: Critical approaches to international relations, p. 275-305, Sage, 2009
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The concept of power: a constructivist analysis
Part of Power in World Politics, p. 23-42, Routledge, London & New York, 2007
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From (alleged) unipolarity to the decline of multilateralism? A power-theoretical critique
Part of Multilateralism under challenge?, p. 119-138, UNU Press, Tokyo, 2006
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Wendt's constructivism: a relentless quest for synthesis
Part of Constructivism and International Relations: Alexander Wendt and his critics, p. 73-92, Routledge, London & New York, 2006
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Part of Encyclopedia of international relations and global politics, p. 689-694, Routledge, London & New York, 2005
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Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 40-52, Routledge, London et al., 2004
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Part of Politische Theorie der Gegenwart in Einzeldarstellungen von Adorno bis Young, p. 489-492, Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2004
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Part of Contemporary security analysis and Copenhagen peace research, p. 1-12, Routledge, London et al., 2004
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Constructivism and International Relations: an analysis of Luhmann's conceptualisation of power
Part of Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics, p. 208-222, Routledge, London et al., 2004
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Réalisme et analyse de la politique étrangère
Part of Politique étrangère. Nouveaux regards, p. 33-63, Presses de Sciences-Po, Paris, 2002
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Making sense of constructivism in International Relations
Part of The Globalization of Eastern Europe, p. 53-76, Münster, LIT Verlag, 2000
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Strange’s oscillating realism: opposing the ideal - and the apparent
Part of Strange Power: Shaping the parameters of international relations and international political economy, p. 215-228, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2000
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The use and misuse of power analysis in international theory
Part of Global Political Economy: Contemporary Theories, Routledge, London, 2000
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The Italian Democrats of the Left
Part of Social Democratic Parties in the European Union: History, Organization, Policies, Macmillan, London, 1999
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Economic and Monetary Union and the crisis of European Social Contracts
Part of The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union, p. 133-163, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997
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Robert Gilpin: The Realist Quest for the Dynamics of Power
Part of The Future of International Theory: Masters in the Making?, Routlegde, London et al., 1997
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The coincidence of peaceful changes: the political economy of Italy at the end of the Cold War
Part of Peaceful changes in world politics, p. 283-336, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
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Possibilities and limits of Republican World Politics: a concluding trialogue
Part of Peaceful changes in World Politics, p. 404-430, Tampere: Tampere Peace Research Institute, 1995
Collections (editor)
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O retorno da geopolítica na Europa?: Mecanismos sociais e crises de identidade de política externa
Editora Unesp, 2021
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Routledge, 2013
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The Diffusion of Power in Global Governance: International Political Economy meets Foucault
Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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The return of geopolitics in Europe?: Social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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SAGE, 2011
Reports
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Power in communitarian evolution
2020
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Hans J. Morgenthau and the three purposes of power
2018
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2017
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Theorising International Relations: Lessons from Europe's periphery
2007
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Re-reading Weber, or: the three fields for the analysis of power in International Relations
2007
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Theorizing International Relations: Lessons from Europe's periphery
2007
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Re-reading Weber, or: the three fields for the analysis of power in international relations
2007
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'Self-fulfilling geopolitics'? or: the social production of foreign policy expertise in Europe
2003
Other
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[Review of:] Alexander Wendt, Quantum mind and social science: unifying physical and social ontology
Part of International Theory, p. 115-116, 2022
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2019
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Preserving the Human Moment: in memoriam Francisco Javier Penas
2019
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International political sociology, or: the social ontology and power politics of process
2016
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A dual history of securitization
2015
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Reconstructing the Cold War: The Early Years, 1945-1958.
Part of Journal of Cold War Studies, p. 131-134, 2013
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Part of Ethics and International Affairs, p. 78-80, 2009