Non-Western International Relations Theory

Acharya and Buzan introduce non-Western IR traditions to a Western IR audience, and challenge the dominance of Western theory. An international team of experts reinforce existing criticisms that IR theory is Western-focused and therefore misrepresents and misunderstands much of world history by introducing the reader to non-Western traditions, literature and histories relevant to how IR is conceptualised.

1. Why is there no Non-Western International Relations Theory: An Introduction Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan 2. Why Is There No Chinese International Relations Theory? Yaqing Qin 3. Why Are There No Non-Western Theories of International Relations? The Case of Japan Takashi Inoguchi 4. Why is There No Non-Western International Relations Theory? Reflections on and from Korea Chaesung Chun 5. Re-Imagining IR in India, Navnita Chadha Behera 6. Southeast Asia: Theory between Modernization and Tradition? Alan Chong 7. Perceiving Indonesian Approaches to International Relations Theory Irman G. Lanti and Leonard C. Sebastian 8. International Relations Theory and the Islamic Worldview Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh 9. World History and the Development of Non-Western IR Theory Barry Buzan and Richard Little 10. Conclusion: On the Possibility of a Non-Western International Relations Theory Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan