With this statement Gove captured something of the state of affairs across the Western world within its supposedly secure democracies; the rejection of even a pretence of interest in facts and their relevance for our political discussion.
Mathew Davies, ‘From Arrow to Path: International Relations Theory and the Humanitarian Space’, in Michele Acuto, ed., Negotiating Relief: The Politics of Humanitarian Space, London: Hurst
Mathew Davies, ‘Rhetorical Inaction? Compliance and the Human Rights Council of the United Nations’, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 35(4) 2010: 449-68.
Mathew Davies, ‘The Perils of Incoherence: ASEAN, Myanmar and the Avoidable Failures of Human Rights Socialization?’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 34(1) 2012: 1-22.
Mathew Davies, ‘The Legacy of Ataturk: The Limits of Conditionality in the Turkish Application to the European Union’, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 67(4) 2013: 511-25.
Mathew Davies, ‘ASEAN and Human Rights Norms: Constructivism, Rational Choice, and the Action-Identity Gap’, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 13(2) 2013: 207-31.
Mathew Davies, ‘The ASEAN Synthesis: Human Rights, Non-Intervention, and the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration’, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 14(2) 2013: 51-8.