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This edited volume conceives of International Relations (IR) not as a unilateral project, but more as an intellectual platform. Its contributors explore Islamic contributions to this field, addressing the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies with regards to international affairs and to the discipline of IR. (Publisher's description)

Islam and politics -- Warming up: the state vs. the umma -- The main event: liberalism vs. islamism vs. poststructuralism -- Structure of the book -- Islam(ism) and international relations -- International relations, islam, and the secular bias -- A framework for studying religion in international relations -- Postcolonial critiques of modernity -- Poststructuralism and Islam: a shared agenda? -- The study of religion in IR -- Unpacking political islam using constructivism -- Problems and limitations -- Sovereignty and political Islam -- Accounting for community --Value pluralism and the "international" of international relations -- To what extent is an Islamic notion of international relations tenable?

This book compares Islamic and Western political formulations, highlighting areas of agreement and disparity. Building on this analysis, the author goes on to show that political Islam offers a serious alternative to the dominant political system and ideology of the West. Sabet argues that rather than leading to a "Clash of Civlizations" or the assimilation of Islam into the Western system, a positive process of interactive self-reflection between Islam and liberal democracy is the best way forward. Beginning this process, Sabet highlights key concepts of Islamic political thought and brings them into dialogue with Western modernity. The resulting synthesis is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of Islamic and Middle Eastern politics, political theory, comparative politics and international relations

In this fully updated and revised edition, the authors explore the evolution, nature and function of international law in world politics and situate international law in its historical and political context. They propose three interdisciplinary 'lenses' (realist, liberal and constructivist) through which to view the role of international law in world politics and suggest that the concept of an international society provides the overall context within which international legal developments occur. These theoretical perspectives offer different ways of looking at international law in terms of what it is, how it works and how it changes. Topics covered include the use of force, international crimes, human rights, international trade and the environment. The new edition also contains more material on non-western perspectives, international institutions and non-state actors and a new bibliography. Each chapter features discussion questions and guides to further reading

This innovative new textbook seeks to provide undergraduate students of international relations with valuable and relevant historical context, bridging the gap and offering a genuinely interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter integrates both historical analysis and literature and applies this to an international relations context in an accessible fashion, allowing students to understand the historical context in which these core issues have developed. The book is organised thematically around the key issues in international relations such as war, peace, sovereignty, diplomacy, identity, political violence, empire and international organisations. Each chapter provides an overview of the main historical context, theories and literature in each area and applies this to the study of international relations. Providing a fresh approach, this work will be essential reading for all students of international relations and international relations theory.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- 1 The Development and Nature of International Law -- Introduction -- The Historical Development of International Law -- The Binding Nature of International Law -- The Enforcement of International Law -- Centralized enforcement machinery -- Extra-legal considerations -- The enforcement of international law by individual states -- 2 The General Principles of International Law -- States as Sovereign Entities -- What is a state? -- State sovereignty and international law -- States as the Primary Subjects of International Law -- International organizations -- Individuals -- The Sources of International Law -- Customary international law -- Treaties as sources of international law -- Other sources of international law -- 3 International Relations Perspectives on International Law -- The Approach of International Relations Theories to International Law -- Realism -- Institutionalism -- Liberalism -- Constructivism -- Recent Interdisciplinary Work on the Role of International Law -- Byers: custom, power and the power of rules -- Koh: why nations obey -- Arend: do international rules matter? -- Conclusions -- 4 Preventing the Use of Force by States: Korea, the Gulf Conflict and Beyond -- Introduction -- Korea (1950) -- The Gulf Conflict (1990-1) -- The Legality of Subsequent 'Enforcement' Actions -- Iraq (1998) -- Kosovo (1999) -- Conclusions -- 5 Diplomacy and the Threat of Force -- Introduction -- The Threat of Force as a Tool of International Diplomacy -- The Legality of the Threat of Force -- Permissible Threats of Force -- The Legality of the Threat of Force in the Gulf Conflict -- Conclusions -- 6 Extraditing Pinochet -- Introduction -- The Issues -- The Decision in Ex parte Pinochet -- Extraditable crimes.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Islam and the Global Turn in the History of International Law /Ignacio de la Rasilla -- The Protean Historical Mirror of International Law /Ignacio de la Rasilla -- How Should International Lawyers Study Islamic Law and Its Contribution to International Law? /Michelle Burgis-Kasthala -- An Exploration of the 'Global' History of International Law: Some Perspectives from within the Islamic Legal Traditions /Ayesha Shahid -- Subjectivity and Structures: The Challenges of Methodology in the Study of the History of International Law and Religion /John D. Haskell -- The Basis of Obligation in Treaties of Ancient Cultures – Pactum Est Servandum? /Robert Kolb -- Khadduri as Gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations? /Jean Allain -- In Search of the Lost Influence: Islamic Thinkers and the Spanish Origins of International Law /Ignacio Forcada Barona -- The Other 'Other': Moors, International Law and the Origin of the Colonial Matrix /Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal and Frédéric Mégret -- Law, Religion and Power: Texts and Discourse of Conquest /Luigi Nuzzo -- Land Rights in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman State Succession Treaties /Ilias Bantekas -- The Evolution of the Personality of the Malay Sultanate States /Haniff Ahamat and Nizamuddin Alias -- On the Abodes of War and Peace in the Islamic Law of War: Fact or Fiction? /Matthias Vanhullebusch -- The Origins and Evolution of Islamic Law of Rebellion: Its Significance to the Current International Humanitarian Law Discourse /Mohamed Badar , Ahmed Al-Dawoody and Noelle Higgins -- Back Matter -- Index.

International relations theory is witnessing a veritable explosion of works within the areas of modernism and postmodernism, yet there has been no attempt to compare these theories and their sources according to a common criterion or logical form. This author argues that while these pioneering, imaginative and exciting theoretical works are disparate, they also share a common thread that seeks to express emancipatory goals for international relations. This book provides an in-depth critical study of this genre of theorizing that he names 'Emancipatory International Relations'. Spegele.