Des études internationales cosmopolites en Asie
When Asian thinkers (from the Middle East and from the Far East) study international relations, they depart from European scholars: they are more normative and less rationalist, they prefer substance to form; they believe in loyalty among allies, hence discarding the defection dilemma, which is so p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Les Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Socio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/socio/3651 |
| Summary: | When Asian thinkers (from the Middle East and from the Far East) study international relations, they depart from European scholars: they are more normative and less rationalist, they prefer substance to form; they believe in loyalty among allies, hence discarding the defection dilemma, which is so popular among Westerners. In their view, the European scholars’ assumption of an impossibility to suppress interstate borders (“Hobbes’ constant”) cannot be held. Conversely, the planned de-sectorialization of the mandate assigned to multilateral organizations (“Bull’s conjecture”) could be more attractive to them. However, they do not believe in its limitations – according to Bull, cooperation would remain formal and procedural. Neither do they foresee an international society in which regional systems would eventually merge, as forecasted by members of the English School. In short, they are less focused on territorialized sovereignty than on a diffuse imperium leading to universal harmony. And this weakens the very foundations of a world order since Europe emerged as a dominant region among others: borders, sovereignty, and war. |
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| ISSN: | 2266-3134 2425-2158 |