Kristin Haugevik is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Head of its Global Order and Diplomacy Research Group. Her first monography, Special Relationship in World Politics was recently published in Routledge’s New International Relations Series (2018).Iver B. Neumann is Director of Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). He holds doctoral degrees in Politics and Social Anthropology. His most recent book is Russia and the Idea of Europe (Routledge, New International Relations Series, Second ed., 2017).

• 1. Kinship in International Relations: Introduction and framework Iver B. Neumann, Kristin Haugevik and Jon Harald Sande Lie. 2. Kinship as an International Ordering Principle in the Nineteenth Century Morten Skumsrud Andersen and Benjamin de Carvalho. 3. Kith, kin and inter-state relations: International politics as family life Kristin Haugevik. 4. Kinship diplomacy, or diplomats of a kin Halvard Leira. 5. ‘Brothers in arms’: Kinship, gender and military organisations Nina Græger. 6. Colonized children: Chechnya in Russia Julie Wilhelmsen. 7. Brother, where Art Thou? Kinship in Turkish Region-building Einar Wigen. 8. Kinship in Indian Politics: Dynasties, nepotism and imagined families Francesca R. Jensenius. 9. A Command-Chain of Brothers: Kinship in Chinese Foreign Policy Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson. 10.Like Grandfather, Like Grandson: Kinship as a legitimating force in Japan’s international relations Wrenn Yennie Lindgren. 11.Conclusion: The Heterogeneity of Kinship Systems and World Politics Andreas Aagaard Nøhr

Kristin Haugevik is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Head of its Global Order and Diplomacy Research Group. Her first monography, Special Relationship in World Politics was recently published in Routledge’s New International Relations Series (2018).Iver B. Neumann is Director of Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). He holds doctoral degrees in Politics and Social Anthropology. His most recent book is Russia and the Idea of Europe (Routledge, New International Relations Series, Second ed., 2017).

• 1. Kinship in International Relations: Introduction and framework Iver B. Neumann, Kristin Haugevik and Jon Harald Sande Lie. 2. Kinship as an International Ordering Principle in the Nineteenth Century Morten Skumsrud Andersen and Benjamin de Carvalho. 3. Kith, kin and inter-state relations: International politics as family life Kristin Haugevik. 4. Kinship diplomacy, or diplomats of a kin Halvard Leira. 5. ‘Brothers in arms’: Kinship, gender and military organisations Nina Græger. 6. Colonized children: Chechnya in Russia Julie Wilhelmsen. 7. Brother, where Art Thou? Kinship in Turkish Region-building Einar Wigen. 8. Kinship in Indian Politics: Dynasties, nepotism and imagined families Francesca R. Jensenius. 9. A Command-Chain of Brothers: Kinship in Chinese Foreign Policy Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson. 10.Like Grandfather, Like Grandson: Kinship as a legitimating force in Japan’s international relations Wrenn Yennie Lindgren. 11.Conclusion: The Heterogeneity of Kinship Systems and World Politics Andreas Aagaard Nøhr

Kristin Haugevik is Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Head of its Global Order and Diplomacy Research Group. Her first monography, Special Relationship in World Politics was recently published in Routledge’s New International Relations Series (2018).Iver B. Neumann is Director of Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). He holds doctoral degrees in Politics and Social Anthropology. His most recent book is Russia and the Idea of Europe (Routledge, New International Relations Series, Second ed., 2017).

• 1. Kinship in International Relations: Introduction and framework Iver B. Neumann, Kristin Haugevik and Jon Harald Sande Lie. 2. Kinship as an International Ordering Principle in the Nineteenth Century Morten Skumsrud Andersen and Benjamin de Carvalho. 3. Kith, kin and inter-state relations: International politics as family life Kristin Haugevik. 4. Kinship diplomacy, or diplomats of a kin Halvard Leira. 5. ‘Brothers in arms’: Kinship, gender and military organisations Nina Græger. 6. Colonized children: Chechnya in Russia Julie Wilhelmsen. 7. Brother, where Art Thou? Kinship in Turkish Region-building Einar Wigen. 8. Kinship in Indian Politics: Dynasties, nepotism and imagined families Francesca R. Jensenius. 9. A Command-Chain of Brothers: Kinship in Chinese Foreign Policy Bjørnar Sverdrup-Thygeson. 10.Like Grandfather, Like Grandson: Kinship as a legitimating force in Japan’s international relations Wrenn Yennie Lindgren. 11.Conclusion: The Heterogeneity of Kinship Systems and World Politics Andreas Aagaard Nøhr