A Genealogy of International Relations in Asia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hwang, Yih-Jye.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnational history.

Orientalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

Looking for differences, searching for connections

Overview of chapters

References

Part I Encounters and Knowledge Circulation

2 US Philanthropic Foundations and the Promotion of International Studies in the Asia-​Pacific

Introduction

US philanthropy and International Studies in the Asia-​Pacific

The Rockefeller Foundation and IR in the Asia-​Pacific

Japan

Indonesia

Conclusion

Notes

3 'Networks of Knowledge' in the Study of East Asian Diplomatic History

The formation of modern diplomacy in China and Japan, and international order

The formation of diplomatic history research and its narrative

Continuity and discontinuity before and after the Second World War, and academia in the Cold War

Knowledge of the enemy and for the rule

The Cold War and 'intellectual institutions'

Conclusion: the absence of diplomatic history

4 When West Meets East: Evolution of the European Image of Asia from the 16th to the 18th Centuries

Introduction: legacy of the Mongols

Islamic threat and the long voyage

Catholic priests

Wave of chinoiserie in Europe

The road to disenchantment

Conclusion: new image to the East and its implications

Part II Histories of the Discipline in East and Southeast Asia

5 Tracing the Evolution of International Relations in Japan

Early formations: empire, knowledge, and the rise of international politics

Reconstructing IR in the aftermath of war

Expanding horizons: diverse pathways in Japanese IR

6 The Birth of International Relations in Mongolia: Its Origin and Evolution

Introduction.

The birth of IR in Mongolia: historical development and key figures

The institutionalization of IR in Mongolia: the founding of the research and educational institutes

Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of International Studies

National University of Mongolia and its educational mission with regard to IR

Shaping Mongolian IR: the making of Mongolia's national identity and redefining of its global status

A focus on studying the most significant other, China, and the divergent perspectives surrounding China

The effort of researching the Third Neighbors and exploring possible outbreaks

The integration of nomadic world views and the redefinition of Mongolian identity nowadays

7 The Birth of International Studies in Vietnam

From tributary relations with China to the French colonization period

Ho Chi Minh and the evolution of modern Vietnam's diplomacy

Potential evolution of IS/​IR towards an independent discipline

The Cold War period: ideology-​oriented

Gradual acceptance of Western IR since Đ ổ i M ớ i

8 Colonial Imaginaries, Disciplinary Afterlives, and Decolonial Reflections: The Philippine Experience in International Thought and Practice

Introduction: the epistemic condition of IR in the Philippines

Precolonial and colonial practices of the international

Precolonial inter-​societal relations

Conceiving the international under Spanish rule

The beginnings of the 'American century'

The postcolonial institutionalization of IS/​IR in the Philippines

The postcolonial praxis of the international in the Philippines

Coloniality and the study of IS/​IR

Conclusion: towards a decolonial and practice-​based IR

References.

Part III Histories of the Discipline in South and West Asia

9 A Genealogy of Indian International Relations

Study of IR before independence

As a subset of political science

The Congress and its Foreign Department

The battle of the think tanks

After independence: efforts towards developing IR

The rise of Area Studies

The Indian School of International Studies

Madras University's Indian Study Group of International Affairs

Note

10 The Shadows of the Cold War on the Birth of International Relations in Pakistan

The genesis of the Institute

The PIIA: a subsidiary of the state

Defending the indefensible

Pakistan's foreign policy pre-​1953

Discrediting of non-​alignment and neutralism

11 From Consent to Contestation of Hegemony: Gramscian Analysis of Foreign Policy Writings in T ü rkiye's M ü lkiye Dergisi (1965-​89)

Hegemony and civil society in Gramsci

Emergence of a historical bloc and an organic elite in an anti-​hegemonic struggle

Emergence of a foreign policy elite and an academic civil society in the first IR department

The 1960s: beginning of a political and ideological crisis and the analysis of the articles in the journal

The 1970s: times of crisis in integral state and the analysis of the articles in the journal

The 1980s: return of the coercive power over civil society and neoliberalism and the analysis of the articles in the journal

Part IV Decoloniality and Rethinking the Discipline

12 Mimicry and the Racial Order of Knowledge: A Genealogy of International Relations in South Korea

Introduction: the puzzle of Korean IR and the question of decolonization

The racial foundations of IR and the global logic of mimicry.

Colonial continuities: from Japanese rule to American hegemony

Mimicking the West: race, knowledge, and Korean IR

Epistemic constraints in contemporary Korean IR

13 Critical Area Studies and Global Politics: The False Promise of Global International Relations

Global IR and Area Studies

Sketching a Critical Area Studies

14 Towards a More Decolonial International Relations Studies: A Personal Note from Postcolonial South Korea

Decolonization: personal, institutional, and intellectual

Two strategies for decolonizing IR knowledge production: unlearning and crafting

Three possible pitfalls of crafting different, non-​/​less-​hegemonic knowledge

15 Conclusion

Index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Hwang, Yih-Jye A Genealogy of International Relations in Asia

ISBN:

9781529252866

OCLC:

1603127142