Wendt's most widely cited work to date is Social Theory of International Politics, which builds on and goes beyond his 1992 article "Anarchy is What States Make of It". Social Theory of International Politics places itself as a response to Kenneth Waltz's 1979 work, Theory of International Politics, the canonical text of the neorealist school.
''Quantum Mind and Social Science''
Wendt's 2015 book Quantum Mind and Social Science examines the crossroads between quantum physics and social science. He advocates for panpsychism and quantum consciousness from a non-specialist perspective. The book is provocative in nature and has received varied reviews. Mathias Albert in International Affairs explains the book as weakest in its attempts to link quantum physics to social science and behind the times in addressing the agent-structure problem, in addition to only marginally relating to international relations. The reviews within the book include Colin Wight's "Do I agree with it? No." and Jerome Busemeyer's "Some of these ideas may ultimately not be supported".
Quantum Mind and Social Science Unifying Physical and Social Ontology, Cambridge University Press, 2015,
Chapters in edited volumes
"Institutions and International Order." 1989 In Global Changes and Theoretical Challenges edited by E. Czempiel, and J. Rosenau. Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books.
“The International System and Dependent Militarization” 1992, in Brian Job, ed., The Insecurity Dilemma: National Security of Third World States, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 97–119.
“Norms, Identity and Culture in National Security” 1996, in Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 33–75.
“What is IR For?: Notes Toward a Post-Critical View,” 2000 in Richard Wyn Jones, ed., 'Critical Theory and World Politics', Boulder: Lynne Rienner, pp. 205–224.
"Rationalism v. Constructivism: A Skeptical View." 2002 In 'Handbook of International Relations', edited by W. Carlsnaes, T. Risse, and B. Simmons. London: Sage.
"'Social Theory' as Cartesian Science: An Auto-Critique from a Quantum Perspective." 2006 In 'Constructivism and International Relations', edited by Stefano Guzzini and Anna Leander. London: Routledge.
"Flatland: Quantum Mind and the International Hologram" 2010 In 'New Systems Theories of World Politics', edited by Mathias Albert, Lars-Erik Cederman and Alexander Wendt. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
As editor
Wendt is coeditor of the journal International Theory.
