Abstract:Barry Buzan doesn’t think he himself belongs to the English School or any other School, but he has been regarded as a new leader of the English School. Great international fames has been given to him for his challenging the main strain theories of the US IR, and for his constructing a new English School. His advocating multi-methodology makes him being able to integrate traditions of the English School, his perspectives and achievements makes him a unique IR theorist and an ideal candidate to “re-convene” the English School. He not only belongs to the English School, but his IR theory also constitutes an important part of the main strain theories of the US IR. In fact he has broken though limitations of any School, and it is in such way that he has been advancing.
Keywords:Barry Buzan;English School;main strain theories of the US IR
[Jilin University Journal Social Sciences Edition, 2007(2)]