International Relations and international relationsSmith, Steve (Avtor) Iraqpolicy-makingpowervalue-freedomThis article looks at the relationship between academic scholarship and policy advice in the area of international relations. It examines the two most common views of this relationship and finds problems with each of them: the first of these is the view that academia should stay away from policy debates since academic work must remain value-neutral, with its analysis untainted by normative judgements. The second view argues that it is in fact the duty of academics to advise governments on policy matters rather than to retreat to secluded ivory towers. Each of these accounts is problematic since they ultimately rest on a view of academic knowledge as explanatory, reporting on apre-formed world. Instead, academics cannot avoid policy relevance and must realise the necessary normative content of their work. This debate is discussed in the context of the recent war in Iraq, and ends with a call for arejection of the positivist account of knowledge that underpins both conventional popular accounts.20032022-03-30 13:45:12Članek v reviji135843UDK: 327ISSN pri članku: 1408-6980COBISS_ID: 22605149sl