The Institute of Pacific Relations (1925–61)

This chapter highlights transpacific intellectuals’ struggles for a new order in the interwar period. They were significantly influenced by President Woodrow Wilson’s advocacy for idealistic diplomacy, yet they critically observed its limits and aimed for a higher international order. The chapter particularly focuses on the intellectuals at the Institute of Pacific Relations (1925–61), comparing them with their Anglo-American counterparts, the Council on Foreign Relations in the United States and the Royal Institute of International Affairs—the so-named Chatham House in the United Kingdom—which were champions of Anglo-American hegemony.