Non-Western Theories of International Relations

This book addresses§the problem of World Regional Studies and its components: regional complexes,§regional subsystems and global regions.§The on-going global transformations, including globalization,§modernization, integration/disintegration trends, have particularly highlighted§the uneven nature of international political and economic space. An increasingly§complex international system and the emergence of new actors contribute to the§fact that conceptual framing existing within the classical disciplines of IR,§Political Theory, International Political Economy or Comparative Politics can no§longer explain in full a number of processes originating from a tighter and§intricate nexus between local, regional and global dimensions.§§World Regional§Studies explains the emergence of the new phenomena in international relations§and world politics on a regional and predominantly non-Western regional level, as§a field of study and as a conceptual framework. What principles determine the§functioning of non-Western societies that helps to explain the emergence of§regional complexes and regional subsystems of international relations? How do§non-Western societies react to the transformations of the global order?§§This study, based§on a decade-long research and teaching in World Regional Studies at§MGIMO-University and Russian University of Humanitarian Studies (RGGU) answers§these questions.§