Theoretically, scholars within IR have employed ANT in order to disrupt traditional world political binaries (civilised/barbarian, democratic/autocratic, etc.),Austin, Jonathan Luke., 2015. "We have never been civilized: Torture and the Materiality of World Political Binaries." European Journal of International Relations, doi:10.1177/1354066115616466 consider the implications of a posthuman understanding of IR, explore the infrastructures of world politics,Barry, A., 2013. "Material Politics." and consider the effects of technological agency.
