Editorial
Abstract
Editorial It seems to behove the editor(s) of all newly established journals to kick off by providing a solemn disclosure of intent, justification and editorial practice. The undersigned is no exception to this natural urge, particularly since this is probably the only time during my tenure that I will have the opportunity of seeing myself in print within these covers. More importantly, this is the obvious occasion to give voice to the intended intellectual timbre of a new journal, and to articulate its ambitions vis-a-vis the research and scholarly community for which it has been created. The European Journal of International Relations (hereafter also referred to as the Journal) is one of the more palpable results of a long series of discussions over the past half-decade between a number of European academics meeting regularly under the aegis of a Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). The primary motiva- tion for these meetings has been the perception that the study of International Relations in Europe has yet to reach its full potential, and that in order to do so it is necessary to create a common platform or forum transcending the boundaries which had hitherto