ABSTRACT
This chapter summarises the alternative discourse about the internationalisation of International Relations (IR) in Brazil and India based on the empirical findings of this research. Certain characteristics of IR research in Brazil and India represent comparative advantages regarding the internationalisation of IR publications, while others are comparative disadvantages due to the existence of gate-keeping practices to internationalisation. Thematic specialisation was considered best to employ, as national and regional issues have been the main focus of IR in Brazil and India since the creation of the discipline in these countries. Publication patterns are autonomous from the effects of Eurocentrism of 'Western' IR scholars. The narrative of Western dominance dangerously partakes in the idea of a postcolonial clash of civilisations. This narrative may have heuristic value for topics other than the internationalisation of IR. Finally, the chapter concludes by commenting on the meaning of these findings for the current state and the future of reflexivity in IR and the social sciences.
