On Post-international Politics: Two Coexistent Systems or Neo-medievalism?

Volume Volume X|Issue 54| Jan 2022 |Articles

Abstract

This article explores what James Rosenau had founded as a post-international politics paradigm. It does so through a comparative reading of the two concepts of the two coexistent systems, state-centic and multicentric, on the one hand; and neomedievalism on the other. The article aimes at offering some reflections on the essential characteristics that both concepts can contribute to improving our understanding of post-international politics in an era of increasing complexity. The article is divided into two sections. The first section introduces the concept of post-international politics, from Rosenau's perspective, and identifies the most prominent assumptions on which Rosenau called turbulence (another label for the post-international politics paradigm). The second section introduces the concept of neomedievalism, which traces back to Hadley Bull, as an appropriate depiction for a system within which the state's monopoly of violence is constantly declining, especially under the growing influence of private armies/security companies, which are considered a contemporary example of the mercenary armies that characterized the first medieval period.

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Researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Doha Institute.

Professor of Political Science at Batna 1 University, Algeria.

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Arab Center
Hemchi, Mohammed & Adel Zeggagh. "On Post-international Politics: Two Coexistent Systems or Neo-medievalism?." Siyasat Arabiya. vol. Volume X, no. 54 (Jan 2022). pp. 7-24.
Harvard
Hemchi, M. and Zeggagh, A. (Jan 2022) 'On Post-international Politics: Two Coexistent Systems or Neo-medievalism?', Siyasat Arabiya, Volume X (54), pp. 7-24.
APA
Hemchi, M. & Zeggagh, A. (Jan 2022). On Post-international Politics: Two Coexistent Systems or Neo-medievalism?. Siyasat Arabiya, Volume X (54), 7-24.
Chicago
Hemchi, Mohammed and Adel Zeggagh. "On Post-international Politics: Two Coexistent Systems or Neo-medievalism?." Siyasat Arabiya Volume X, no. 54 (Jan 2022): 7-24.