Eurocentrism

Interview – Amitav Acharya

E-International Relations • Mar 22 2025 • Features

Acharya challenges Eurocentric IR by tracing the roots of world order to diverse civilisations, urging a shift toward a truly global, inclusive, and multiplex perspective.

Combating Eurocentrism and Reinscribing Imperialist Cartography in African Scholarship

Adagbo Onoja • Sep 7 2024 • Articles

Clenched fists against postmodernism, poststructuralism and postcolonialism speaks more to the impossibility of remaking Africa than otherwise.

Arab Contributions to Islamic International Relations: Why is There No Breakthrough in Theorizing?

Ali Bakir • Sep 4 2024 • Articles

Without a commitment to producing original knowledge, there is little hope of changing the status quo.

Interview – Rahul Sagar

E-International Relations • Dec 28 2022 • Features

Rahul Sagar discusses global political positionalities in 19th century South Asia, and draws comparisons to the contemporary political order.

Review Feature – Re-examining IPE

Randall Germain • May 26 2022 • Features

The two books in this feature provide fresh perspectives on International Political Economy by questioning and advocating a shift away from established economic and historical narratives.

Interview – Tom Le

E-International Relations • Feb 10 2022 • Features

Tom Le explores the meaning of militarism, military recruitment strategies in Japan, and the US presence and security in East Asia.

Review – Within, Against, and Beyond Liberalism

Randall Germain • Dec 19 2021 • Features

This tour de force by Blaney and Inayatullah engages with a wide range of IPE scholars and presents an intriguing discussion of time and eurocentrism, though both warrant further analysis.

Interview – Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui

E-International Relations • Jan 31 2021 • Features

Siba N. Grovogui discusses the importance of Black history for IR, sovereignty and Eurocentrism, Guinea and international law and his new book Beyond Eurocentrism and Anarchy.

Review – The Making of Global International Relations

Stephen Michael Christian • May 28 2020 • Features

This book demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of International Relations, however incorporating disability studies could stimulate Acharya and Buzan to self-reflect.

Review – The History of Philosophy

Karthick Ram Manoharan • Apr 30 2020 • Features

This engaging book offers a genuinely diverse overview of the history of philosophy, presenting European, Indian, Chinese and Arabic-Persian philosophical systems.