Asia in International Relations Unlearning Imperial Power Relations Rethinking Asia and International Relations Series

Asia in International Relations decolonizes conventional understandings and representations of Asia in International Relations (IR). This book opens by including all those geographical and cultural linkages that constitute Asia today but are generally ignored by mainstream IR. Covering the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, the Mediterranean, Iran, the Arab world, Ethiopia, and Central-Northeast-Southeast Asia, the volume draws on rich literatures to develop our understanding of power relations in the world?s largest continent. Contributors "de-colonize", "de-imperialize", and "de-Cold War" the region to articulate an alternative narrative about Asia, world politics, and IR. This approach reframes old problems in new ways with the possibility of transforming them, rather than recycling the same old approaches with the same old "intractable" outcomes.

List of contributors

Preface Pinar Bilgin

Acknowledgments

Introduction "Learning Anew: Asia in IR and World Politics," L.H.M. Ling

Part I: SECURITY

1. "Dialogue of Civilizations: A Critical Security Studies Perspective," Pinar Bilgin

2. "Cosmopolitan Disorders: Ignoring Power, Overcoming Diversity, Transcending Borders," Everita Silina

3. "Dams and ‘Green Growth’? Development Dissonance and the Transnational Percolations of Power," Payal Banerjee

4. "Latitudes of Anxieties: The Bengali-Speaking Muslims and the Postcolonial State in Assam," Rafiul Ahmed

Part II: HISTORY

5. "The Nation-State Problematic: South Asia’s Experience," Binoda K. Mishra

6. "The Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands Dispute: An Ethos of Appropriateness and China’s ‘Loss’ of Ryukyu," Ching-Chang Chen

7. "Sovereignty or Identity? The Significance of the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute for Taiwan," Boyu Chen

8. "Stories of IR: Turkey and the Cold War," Zeynep Gulsah Capan

Part III: THEORY

9. "The Postcolonial Paradox of Eastern Agency," John M. Hobson

10. "Justification of Trans-Cultural International Studies," Gavan Duffy

Part IV: ARTICULATIONS

11. "Anti-Colonial Empires: Creation of Afro-Asian Spaces of Resistance," Clemens Hoffman

12. "From Territory to Travel: Metabolism, Metamorphosis, and Mutation in IR," Josuke Ikeda

13. "Empire of the Mind: José Rizal and Proto-Nationalism in the Philippines," Alan Chong

14. "The Korean Wave: Korean Popular Culture at the Intersection of State, Economy, and History," Jooyoun Lee

15. "Romancing Westphalia: Westphalian IR and Romance of the Three Kingdoms," L.H.M. Ling

Conclusion "Uncontained Worlds," Stephen Chan

Pinar Bilgin is Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

L.H.M. Ling is Professor of International Affairs at The New School, New York, NY, USA.