Twenty Cents of Trouble
- By Lucas Freire
- 19 June, 2013
- 1 Comment
It all began when the São Paulo city council decided to increase the bus fare by twenty cents. Anti-government protesters are now all over the place in the larger cities … Continue Reading →
ThinkIR at ISA San Francisco 2013
- By Lucas Freire
- 29 March, 2013
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Dear readers, If you’re going to ISA San Francisco and would like to have a chat about contributing to ThinkIR this is where you can find me: Thurs April 04 … Continue Reading →
Neither Sovereignty nor Intervention
- By Lucas Freire
- 17 January, 2013
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In Dichotomyland (sometimes known as IR), the debate on wars, whether for “humanitarian purposes” or not, tends to be reduced to the opposition between sovereignty (and non-intervention) and solidarity (and … Continue Reading →
The Language of Libertarian Critique and the Global Political Economy
- By Lucas Freire
- 23 November, 2012
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When we think of Libertarian engagement with IR as a discipline, the issue of how we talk about the global political economy is among the most important topics to consider. … Continue Reading →
Advice to Libertarian IR Theorists
- By Lucas Freire
- 11 October, 2012
- 5 Comments
How can you be a Libertarian and theorise IR at the same time? We may tackle this question from a normative or descriptive point of view, but I don’t … Continue Reading →




