Remarks from the Incoming Editor
| Published date | 01 February 2021 |
| Date | 01 February 2021 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1755088220969716 |
| Author | Anthony F Lang |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
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Journal of International Political Theory
2021, Vol. 17(1) 4 –6
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Remarks from the
Incoming Editor
Anthony F Lang Jr
University of St Andrews, UK
With this issue, the editorship of the Journal of International Political Theory changes.
Since its founding in 2005 as the Politics and Ethics Review, Patrick Hayden has served
as the editor. I will now be serving as editor, with Natasha Saunders continuing as the
Associate Editor. Natasha and I are very excited to take over the journal, which we
believe is one of the most important and innovative journals in the ever-expanding field
of scholarly journals in the field of politics broadly defined.
In this short editorial, I wish to make three points. First, I want to thank Patrick for
founding and running this journal for the past 16 years. He has, quite simply, helped to
create a space for those of us working in an area which has been vaguely defined and
crosses numerous disciplinary boundaries. While there exist some cognate journals, such
as Ethics & International Affairs, JIPT has been a home to articles that not only explore
the ethical dimensions of international politics, but also explore what Stephen White
called the ‘world-revealing’ aspect of political theory; that is, articles which dig deeper
into the theoretical assumptions, historical contexts, and the interconnectedness of prac-
tices at the global level (White, 1991). Patrick’s own work demonstrates how to negoti-
ate this space between political theory and international relations. His scholarship on
Hannah Arendt and Albert Camus reveal how political theorists can speak to global ques-
tions (Hayden, 2009, 2016); how cosmopolitanism and utopianism can be both ‘realist’
and critical, a perspective that those working within disciplinary boundaries often fail to
achieve (Hayden, 2005; Hayden and El-Ojeili, 2009); how to use concepts such as
friendship and evil to interrogate international dilemmas (Hayden, 2014, 2015); and how
to expand upon and develop new insights on human rights (Hayden, 2018; Hayden and
Saunders, 2019). Across these and so many other areas, Patrick’s scholarship has been an
ideal example of what JIPT has tried to achieve over the years. His leadership of the
journal has nurtured and supported many young (and not so young) scholars working in
these and other areas, from which the fields of political theory, international relations,
and politics more generally have benefitted greatly. Following this editorial, five of
Corresponding author:
Anthony F Lang, Jr., School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Arts Building, Scores, St
Andrews, KY16 9AX, UK.
Email: al51@st-andrews.ac.uk
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