Global International Relations in Southeast Asia

Chanintira na Thalang is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand. Her research interests include Global IR, ethnic conflicts and security in Southeast Asia. Her work has appeared in a variety of academic journals such as International Affairs and The Pacific Review.Yong-Soo Eun is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, and the Editor- in- Chief of the Routledge series, IR Theory and Practice in Asia. He is interested in IR theory, Global IR, identity studies, and Deleuze’s ontology of immanence.

• AcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. Global IR in Southeast Asia: Locating the Problem within the Discipline—An IntroductionChanintira na Thalang2. Time in Non-Western International Relations Theory: Moral Time, Golden Eras, and Modern Renaissance in Southeast AsiaAlan Chong3. Between Local Pre-theories and Mainstream Theories: Fostering Indonesian Contributions to Global IRI Gede Wahyu Wicaksana and Yohanes William Santoso4. Advancing Global IR from a Thai Perspective: Opportunities for Introducing Homegrown Theories and ConceptsChanintira na Thalang5. Linking Local Insights to Global IR: Locating Malaysian Contours and ContributionsCheng-Chwee Kuik, Guido Benny and Zikri Rosli6. Discipline over Exceptionalism: Singapore-Based Scholars, Regional Sensitivities, and the Appeal of Anglophone International Relations ApproachesJa Ian Chong7. IR in the Philippines: Accommodating New and Traditional ApproachesHerman Joseph S. Kraft8. Towards a Vietnamese Contribution to the Discipline of International Relations: The Constraints and Promises of Developing Global IR in a Postcolonial Socialist StateThuy T. Do9. The Evolution of International Relations as an Academic Field in CambodiaVannarith Chheang10. IR Trends in and Interactions between the Chinese and Southeast Asian Scholarly Communities: Convergences, Divergences, and OpportunitiesJiajie He11. Hedging upon Availability: Post-coup Myanmar’s Strategic Limit and ChoiceM.L. Pinitbhand Paribatra12. Opportunities and Challenges to Advancing Global IR: A ConclusionChanintira na ThalangIndex

“With more than 650 million people, a combined GDP of $3.6 trillion, and being home to one of the most successful examples of regional cooperation, Southeast Asia plays a critical role in the contemporary world order. Yet, the Western-centric literature on International Relations has ignored this region. This book, framed in the emerging paradigm of Global IR, and combining original research with careful analysis, meets the critical need for a survey of the state of IR in Southeast Asia.”Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor, American University, Washington DC; Past President of the International Studies Association (ISA)“Obviously, International Relations studied through western-centric experiences and assumptions can only be partial and inaccurate. The key challenge lies in how to correct such biases. This volume provides rich food for thought from a part of the world that has long and varied experience with navigating the international and the global. It demonstrates the social, political, and institutional complexities of academic practice that shape and constrain the globalization of the discipline. It also suggests that, like those from other regions, Southeast Asian concepts and practices should be informing the revision of general theories of IR.” Evelyn Goh, FBA FASSA, Shedden Professor of Strategic Policy Studies, The Australian National University