Publications
2024
Is world politics class politics? States, social forces and voting in the United Nations General Assembly 1946–2020
Lees, N. (n.d.). Is world politics class politics? States, social forces and voting in the United Nations General Assembly 1946–2020. Cooperation and Conflict. doi:10.1177/00108367241269623
2023
To Escalate, or Not to Escalate? Private Military and Security Companies and Conflict Severity
Lees, N., & Petersohn, U. (n.d.). To Escalate, or Not to Escalate? Private Military and Security Companies and Conflict Severity. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1-24. doi:10.1080/1057610x.2021.1935700
The endurance of the G77 in international relations: South–South ideology and voting at the United Nations 1970–2015
Lees, N. (n.d.). The endurance of the G77 in international relations: South–South ideology and voting at the United Nations 1970–2015. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 1-21. doi:10.1017/s1468109923000105
2022
Of Stag Hunts and secret societies: Cooperation, male coalitions and the origins of multiplicity
Lees, N. (2022). Of Stag Hunts and secret societies: Cooperation, male coalitions and the origins of multiplicity. COOPERATION AND CONFLICT, 57(3), 367-383. doi:10.1177/00108367221098493
2021
Why the English School Needs Conflict Studies: Retheorising the Place of War in International Society
Lees, N. D. M. (n.d.). Why the English School Needs Conflict Studies: Retheorising the Place of War in International Society. Cambridge Review of International Affairs. doi:10.1080/09557571.2019.1677555
The Brandt Line after forty years: The more North-South relations change, the more they stay the same?
Lees, N. (2021). The Brandt Line after forty years: The more North-South relations change, the more they stay the same?. REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, 47(1), 85-106. doi:10.1017/S026021052000039X
2020
Conflict and the separateness of peoples: investigating the relationship between multiplicity, inequality and war
Lees, N. D. M. (2020). Conflict and the separateness of peoples: investigating the relationship between multiplicity, inequality and war. Globalizations, 17(3), 404-418. doi:10.1080/14747731.2019.1668185
2016
International society is to international system as world society is to …? Systemic and societal processes in English School theory
Lees, N. (2016). International society is to international system as world society is to …? Systemic and societal processes in English School theory. Journal of International Relations and Development, 19, 285-311. doi:10.1057/jird.2014.20
2013
Structural Inequality, Quasi-rents and the Democratic Peace: A Neo-Ricardian Analysis of International Order
Lees, N. (2013). Structural Inequality, Quasi-rents and the Democratic Peace: A Neo-Ricardian Analysis of International Order. Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 41(3), 491-515. doi:10.1177/0305829813485876
2012
The dimensions of the divide: vertical differentiation, international inequality and North–South stratification in international relations theory
Lees, N. (2012). The dimensions of the divide: vertical differentiation, international inequality and North–South stratification in international relations theory. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 25(2), 209-230. doi:10.1080/09557571.2012.678300