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Challenging the Western-centric foundations of International Relations (IR), this groundbreaking edited volume places Asian perspectives at the forefront of IR scholarship. Spanning nine countries across Asia, this rigorous examination reveals how concepts of sovereignty and internationalism have been uniquely interpreted and adapted across diverse Asian contexts.
Moving beyond American social science paradigms, the book traces the fascinating encounters between Western and Asian worldviews, explores country-specific IR developments and demonstrates their transformative impact on global academic discourse. It is essential reading for scholars seeking to understand IR’s true global diversity and the promising future of post-Western international theory.
"This book powerfully invites readers to unlearn inherited frameworks, offering fresh insight into how IR questions and answers are shaped." Chih-yu Shih, Tongji University and National Taiwan University
Yih-Jye Hwang is Lecturer in International Relations at Leiden University.
Karen Smith is Lecturer in International Relations at Leiden University.
Vineet Thakur is Lecturer in International Relations at Leiden University.
Tung-Chieh Tsai is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate Institute of International Politics at National Chung-Hsing University.
1. Introduction - Yih-Jye Hwang, Karen Smith, Vineet Thakur, and Tung-Chieh Tsai
Part I: Encounters and Knowledge Circulation
2. US Philanthropic Foundations and the Promotion of International Studies in the Asia-Pacific - Giles Scott-Smith
3. 'Networks of Knowledge' in the Study of East Asian Diplomatic History - Shin Kawashima
4. When West Meets East: Evolution of the European Image of Asia in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century - Tung-Chieh Tsai and Tony Tai-Ting Liu
Part II: Histories of the Discipline in East and Southeast Asia
5. Tracing the Evolution of International Relations in Japan - Mari Nakamura
6. The Birth of International Relations in Mongolia: Its Origin and Evolution - Chiung-Chiu Huang
7. The Birth of International Studies in Vietnam - Nguyen Cong Tung
8. Colonial Imaginaries, Disciplinary Afterlives, and Decolonial Reflections: The Philippine Experience in International Thought and Practice - Frances Antoinette Cruz, Nassef Manabilang Adiong, John Harvey D. Gamas, Archill Niña Faller- Capistrano, Kebart P. Licayan, Lorna Q. Israel, Melanie Reyes, Patrick Dave Q. Bugarin, Ricardo Roy A. Lopez, and Daniel Orin Levi T. Alatraca
Part III: Histories of the Discipline in South and West Asia
9. A Genealogy of Indian International Relations - Ladhu Ram Choudhary and Vineet Thakur
10. The Shadows of the Cold War on the Birth of International Relations in Pakistan - Ghulam Ali Murtaza
11. From Consent to Contestation of Hegemony: Gramscian Analysis of Foreign Policy Writings in Türkiye’s Mülkiyeliler Dergisi, 1965–1989 - Birsen Erdogan and Furkan Yaman
Part IV: Decoloniality and Rethinking the Discipline
12. Mimicry and the Racial Order of Knowledge: A Genealogy of International Relations in South Korea - Nur Cenan Baser and Jungmin Seo
13. Critical Area Studies and Global Politics: The False Promise of Global International Relations - Lindsay Black
14. Toward More Decolonial International Relations Studies: A Personal Note from Postcolonial South Korea - Young Chul Cho
15. Conclusion - Yih-Jye Hwang, Karen Smith, Vineet Thakur, and Tung-Chieh Tsai