Mohammed Ayoob, edited and with an introduction by Yong-Soo Eun and Amitav Acharya
Mohammed Ayoob's work in the field of international relations, spanning more than four decades, offers invaluable insights into both international conflicts and the security dynamics of the Global South. From Regional Security to Global IR presents a chronological selection of that work from 1989 to 2024, providing a guide to Ayoob's intellectual journey and advancing the concept of Global IR as an inclusive approach to understanding the emerging decentralized world order.
Mohammed Ayoob is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Michigan State University. Yong-Soo Eun is professor of political science and International Studies at Hanyang University. Amitav Acharya is UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor in American University's School of International Service.
"Mohammed Ayoob was doing Global IR long before most in the discipline realized that West-centrism was a problem. By linking security to development, he fundamentally expanded the scope of international security studies…. It is good to have his pioneering work available to a generation that never experienced how narrowly single-minded Cold War security thinking was." —Barry Buzan, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
"This welcome collection of Mohammed Ayoob's pioneering contributions to a Southern perspective on security and state-building challenges provides a necessary perspective on contemporary postcolonial debates in world politics." —Keith Krause, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
"Across decades Mohammed Ayoob has written some of the most important essays on subjects ranging from the Global South in global order to the need to jettison realist-based approaches to security. To read these essays at the present moment is to realize that Ayoob was far ahead of the curve in his thinking and is as fresh today as ever. I strongly encourage scholars of international relations and security to grab this volume and marvel at the richness and rigor of the analyses." —Michael Barnett, George Washington University
"This republication of key Ayoob texts revives fond memories of the last half-century of intellectual jousting with the meaning of international relations pluralism. Invariably provocative and instructive, these essays leave me deeply grateful, once again, to have struggled with his frontal assaults on Western-centric analysis." —Thomas G. Weiss, City University of New York Graduate Center
"This collection of Mohammed Ayoob's insightful writings over the years reflects his major contributions to the IR field. The book sharpens the readers' understanding of both regional conflicts and world affairs more generally." —Benny Miller, University of Haifa
