Hegemony & History

Alongside Herbert Butterfield, Martin Wight and Hedley Bull, Adam Watson was a member of the British Committee on the Theory of International Politics and a founding member of the English School. The committee sought to explore relations between states in an historical context and developed a theory of international society and the nature of order in world politics. These theories have had an important impact on the discipline of international relations, providing a framework and research agenda for understanding international politics that continues to shape the discipline in the present day.

Adam Watson, a Professor of International Relations at the University of Virginia