AntePodium

ISSN: 1173-5716

AntePodium is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to scholarly research on the politico-strategic, politico-economic and politico-cultural dimensions of world affairs. In existence since 1995, it is one of the first ever online academic journals. It encourages the development of critical, subversive, and innovative theoretical approaches to the study of world affairs.

AntePodium is interdisciplinary and eclectic. It is not confined to traditional political science boundaries and welcomes articles from interested academics from a wide range of disciplines. AntePodium is published by the School of Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Articles:

*New* - China's African Policy and its Soft Power - Luo Jianbo & Zhang Xiaomin

Luo Jianbo, of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, and Zhang Xiaomin, of Beijing Foreign Studies University, put forward their recommendations for China's foreign policy in Africa with a view to the improvement of China's international image. They give voice to an oft-neglected perspective in foreign policy studies, that of Chinese academia, and provide us with an insight into the principles guiding China's foreign policy-making.

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The Enigmatic Figure of the Non-Western Thinker in International Relations - Dr. Robbie Shilliam

Robbie Shilliam discusses the marginalisation of non-Western perspectives in the discipline of International Relations, and seeks to provoke a 'critical engagement with the non-Western subject as thinker rather than as object' of thought. For him, this engagement has the potential to retrieve the 'global-colonial' rather than the 'narrowly European or Western context within which thought on the modern experience has been developed', thereby providing 'deeper insights into the racial, religious, and cultural dimensions of the making of the modern world'.

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Book Reviews:

*New* - The End of European Integration: Anti-europeanism examined - Review by Jacek Wieclawski

East by South: China in the Australasian Imagination - Review by Jason Young

Civilizational Identity: The Production and Reproduction of "Civilizations" in International Relations Review by Nick Henry

Call for Papers

As an online journal, we have the facility to welcome articles and book reviews on any topic in world affairs at any time.

See Antepodium submission guidelines and our editorial policy before submitting your work.

Periodically, we also put out specific topics for specific issues. See below for the latest topics.

Special Issue of AntePodium:

Papers are invited for a special re-launch issue of AntePodium, the online journal of world affairs, on the theme:

Beyond the "West": Alternatives to the western hegemony of discourse in world affairs

We welcome papers that are grounded in and develop non-Western (particularly indigenous) theoretical approaches to world affairs. Submitters are invited to consider how the practice and study of world affairs have been disciplined by “Western” discourse, as well as how alternative perspectives could inform new avenues of political thought and practice. Submissions need not be confined to the disciplines of Political Science or International Relations.

Submission Guidelines:

Papers of 5000-7000 words, conforming to AntePodium submission guidelines, are sought . E-mail as attachment to antepodium@vuw.ac.nz

Authors retain full copyright over submitted papers. Permission to republish must be obtained from individual authors.