Asia in International Relations: Unlearning Imperial Power Relations

225 Pages·2017·2.459 MB·English

by  Pinar Bilgin (editor), L.H.M. Ling (editor)

“Asia in International Relations injects new dimensions into the ways that we think
of contemporary world affairs, and encourages us to reflect upon our engagement
in ‘IR’ as an academic discipline. This is a stimulating, vigorous, and exciting book
to be read with sustained interest.”
Kosuke Shimizu, Department of Global Studies, Ryukoku University,
Kyoto, Japan
“A refreshing (re)introduction to Asia’s international relations from a critical per-
spective that challenges much of the conventional wisdom about Asia’s history,
interactions,andidentity.Thisvolumeisnotonlyavaluableteachingresource,but
it also opens up new avenues of research and thinking on Asia’s place in the study
of international relations and global order.”
Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington, DC, USA
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ASIA IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Asia in International Relations decolonizes conventional understandings and
representationsofAsiainInternationalRelations(IR).Thisbookopensbyincluding
allthosegeographicalandculturallinkagesthatconstituteAsiatodaybutaregenerally
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-imper-
ialize”, 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.
Pinar Bilgin is Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara,
Turkey.
L.H.M. Ling is Professor of International Affairs at The New School, New York,
NY, USA.
RETHINKING ASIA AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
SeriesEditor-EmilianKavalski,AustralianCatholicUniversity(Sydney)
This series seeks to provide thoughtful consideration both of the growing prominence of
Asianactorsontheglobalstageandthechangesinthestudyandpracticeofworldaffairsthat
theyprovoke.Itintendstoofferacomprehensiveparallelassessmentofthefullspectrumof
Asianstates,organisations,andregionsandtheirimpactonthedynamicsofglobalpolitics.
The series seeks to encourage conversation on:
(cid:1) what rules, norms, and strategic cultures are likely to dominate international life in
the ‘Asian Century’;
(cid:1) how global problems will be reframed and addressed by a ‘rising Asia’;
(cid:1) which institutions, actors, and states are likely to provide leadership during such
‘shifts to the East’;
(cid:1) whether there is something distinctly ‘Asian’ about the emerging patterns of global
politics.
Such comprehensive engagement not only aims to offer a critical assessment of the
actualandprospectiverolesofAsianactors,butalsoseekstorethinktheconcepts,practices,
andframeworksofanalysisofworldpolitics.
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ASIA IN INTERNATIONAL
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CONTENTS
List of illustrations x
List of contributors xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Learning anew: Asia in IR and world politics 1
L.H.M. Ling
PARTI
SECURITY 11
1 Dialogue of civilizations: A critical security studies perspective 13
Pınar Bilgin
2 Cosmopolitan disorders: Ignoring power, overcoming diversity,
transcending borders 25
Everita Silina
3 Dams and “green growth”? Development dissonance and the
transnational percolations of power 36
Payal Banerjee
4 Latitudes of anxieties: The Bengali-speaking Muslims and the
postcolonial state in Assam 48
Rafiul Ahmed
viii Contents
PARTII
History 65
5 The nation-state problematic: South Asia’s experience 67
Binoda K. Mishra
6 The Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands dispute: An ethos of
appropriateness and China’s “Loss” of Ryukyu 75
Ching-Chang Chen
7 Sovereignty or identity? Significance of the Diaoyutai/Senkaku
Islands dispute for Taiwan 86
Boyu Chen
8 Stories of IR: Turkey and the Cold War 97
Zeynep Gulsah Capan
PARTIII
Theory 107
9 The postcolonial paradox of Eastern agency 109
John M. Hobson
10 Justification of trans-cultural international studies 121
Gavan Duffy
PARTIV
Articulations 135
11 Anti-colonial empires: Creation of Afro-Asian spaces of
resistance 137
Clemens Hoffmann
12 From territory to travel: Metabolism, metamorphosis, and
mutation in IR 149
Josuke Ikeda
13 Empire of the mind: José Rizal and proto-nationalism in the
Philippines 160
Alan Chong
14 The Korean Wave: Korean popular culture at the intersection
of state, economy, and history 172
Jooyoun Lee
Contents ix
15 Romancing Westphalia: Westphalian IR and Romance of the
Three Kingdoms 184
L.H.M. Ling
Conclusion: Uncontained worlds 195
Stephen Chan
Index 199