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In this commissioned study, specialists in international relations from the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris explore the impact on international affairs of globalization and the post-bi-polar world. They also scrutinize the state of knowledge concerning themes of nationalism and its resurgence, the building of a unitary Europe, international political economy, conflicts and conflict resolution, the narrowing of time and space, and the role of international organizations.

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'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

'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

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