1st Edition
Decolonising International Relations Perspectives from the Global South
PART I – DISCIPLINARY HISTORY AND THEORIES OF IR
1. Making Sense of the World: Disciplinary History of IR and Its Contested Origins
Seema Narain
2. Realism and Neo-Realism
Ritambhara Malaviya
3. Kautilya’s Realpolitik: Reflections from the Global South
Nirmal Jindal
4. Revisiting Liberalism and Neoliberalism: Decolonial Insights and Challenges
Arvind Kumar
5. Marxist and Neo-Marxist Approaches
Nirmal Jindal
6. Feminist Perspective in International Relations
Neha
7. Constructivism
Shailza Singh
PART II – INSTITUTION, STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES
8. State, Nation and Market
Sri Ram Pandeya
9. Empire and International Order: Decolonial Perspective
Soham Das and Kalyani R. Janakiraman
10. Decolonizing the Concept of Power: Perspectives from the Global South
Geeta
11. The Praxis of Buddhist Diplomacy and Soft Power in International Relations: Reflections from the Global South
Rehnamol P R, Kamal Kumar and Umesh Kumar
12. Knowing our Virtual and Creative World: The Visual Turn in International Relations
Nuzhat Nazneen
PART III – KEY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH
13. War, Conflicts and International Security
Nirmal Jindal
14. Political and Economic Inequalities
Abhishek Choudhary
15. Human Rights
Alisha Dhingra
16. Understanding Migration
Shaivya Verma
PART IV – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: FUTURE AND TRAJECTORIES
17. Exploring the Future Trajectories of IR: Decolonizing the Imperial Narrative
Debasis Bhattacharya
18. India’s Contribution to the IR: Insights for Future Trajectories
Nirmal Jindal
Biography
Nirmal Jindal is a former Officiating Principal and Professor of Political Science at Satyawati College, University of Delhi, India. She has been a recipient of Fulbright Scholarship at CSIA, Harvard University, 1984-1985; Advanced International Programme, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1991; ‘Best College Lecturer Award’, Directorate of Higher Education, Delhi Government, 2017. She has authored several books and articles on issues of international relations. She has participated in hundreds of national and international conferences and participated in panel discussion on foreign policy and security issues in Zee News, NDTV and other channels like ‘Nation UpToDate’ several times.
Kamal Kumar is Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi. He has received the Academic Excellence Award in graduation at the Hindu College and secured a University Position at Delhi University. He is a recipient of the All-India Postgraduate Scholarship (2011), UGC-JRF (2013), and also ICSSR International Travel Grant (2018) to attend the MPSA Annual Conference held in April 2018 in Chicago, US. He has attended U21 MASTERS INTENSIVE MODULE 2012 organized in collaboration by University of Birmingham, University of Delhi and University of Melbourne in 2012. He has published several research articles in popular journals and co-edited three books titled ‘Global Politics’ (SAGE, 2018), ‘International Relations’ (SAGE, 2020) and ‘Understanding Globalisation’ (Routledge, 2024). His research interests include indigenous knowledge systems, environmental and climate justice, global politics, environmental politics in South Asia, and social movements.
