ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|55 pages
Security
chapter 3|12 pages
Dams and “green growth”?
chapter 4|17 pages
Latitudes of anxieties
part II|42 pages
History
chapter 6|11 pages
The Diaoyutai/Senkaku islands dispute
chapter 7|11 pages
Sovereignty or identity?
part III|27 pages
Theory
part IV|61 pages
Articulations