Publication

In this theory talk, Robert W Cox investigates the premises that underpin and link international politics and academic reflection on it. Recognized by many as a pre-eminent thinker in both IR and IPE, Cox assembles thinking stemming from history, philosophy, and geopolitics to illuminate how politics can never be separated from economics, how theory is always linked to practice, and how material relations and ideas are inextricably intertwined and co-produce world orders. Cox also discusses possible futures of world order and shows how the distinction between critical and problem-solving theory sheds light on the issue of climate change.