Quantum International Relations

James Der Derian is a Professor of International Security at the University of Sydney. HIs research and teaching interests are in international security, information technology, international theory, and documentary film. Alexander Wendt is a Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University. He is interested in philosophical aspects of social science, with special reference to international relations.

Preface

'Setting the Stage'
Stephen Del Rosso (Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Introduction

1. 'Quantum Theory: The Case for a New Human Science of International Relations'
James Der Derian (University of Sydney, Australia) and Alexander Wendt (Ohio State University, USA)

Part 1. History and Theory

2. 'First Encounters: Quantum Mechanics and the Human Sciences'
Nicholas T. Harrington (University of Sydney, Australia)

3. 'Mind, Matter, and Motion: A Genealogy of Quantum Entanglement and Estrangement'
Jayson C. Waters (University of Sydney, Australia)

4. 'A Quantum Temperament For Life: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Physics'
Jairus Victor Grove (University of Hawaii, USA)

5. 'A Conceptual Introduction to Quantum Theory'
Michael Schnabel (University of Chicago, USA)


Part 2. Science and Technology

6. 'The Quantum Moonshot'
Shohini Ghose (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

7. 'Climate Politics and Social Change: What can cognitive and quantum approaches offer?'
Manjana Milkoreit and Karen O'Brien (University of Oslo, Norway)

8. 'These are not the droids you're looking for: Offense, Defense, and the Social Context of Quantum Cryptology'
Jon R. Lindsay (University of Toronto, Canada)

9. 'Quantum Technology Hype and National Security'
Frank L. Smith III (Naval War College, USA)


Part 3. Quantizing IR

10. 'Quantum Pedagogy: Teaching Copenhagen and Discovering Affinities with Dialectical Thinking in IR'
Thomas Biersteker (Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland)

11. 'The Problématique of Quantization in Social Theory: A Category-Theoretic Way
Forward'
Badredine Arfi (University of Florida, USA)

12. 'On Quantum Social Theory and Critical International Relations'
Michael P.A. Murphy (University of Ottawa, Canada)

13. 'Quantum Sovereignty + Entanglement'
Mark Salter (University of Ottawa, Canada)

14. 'Quantum and systems theory in world society: Not brothers and sisters but
relatives still?'
Mathias Albert and Felix M. Bathon (Universität Bielefeld, Germany)

15. 'The Value of Value: A Quantum Approach to Economics, Security and
International Relations'
David Orrell (Systems Forecasting, Canada)


Part 4. Bringing the Human Back into Science

16. 'Introspection Redux: Incorporating Consciousness into Social Research'
Leonardo Orlando (SciencesPo, France)

17. 'To "See" is to Break an Entanglement: Quantum Measurement, Trauma and
Security'
K.M. Fierke and Nicola Mackay

18. 'The Moral Failure of the Quest for Certainty'
Laura Zanotti (Virginia Tech University, USA)