New International Relations

'the era of US predominance of international politics has coincided with an Americo-centrism in its academic study and this bias might be especially obvious from a French perspective. The editor's introduction certainly reveals an antipathy to a perceived US supremacy. She complains that until recently A"interdisciplinary debates have flourished at a rate commensurate with the whims of the American superpower, echoed by fashions and career orientations on its university campusesA", resulting in a series of A"lifelessA" academic debates have A"never much interested French scholarsA" (p. 6). This collection of fifteen essays [A...] clearly wants to reinvigorate the discipline. One of its main aims is to explore new directions that may be challenging the very idea of a separate academic subject called international relations. A... a valuable book which makes contemporary French approaches accessible to a wider audience. It should appeal to students and teachers receptive to challenging questions about their subject.' -Global Review of Ethnopolitics