Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan, The Making of Global International Relations: Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019 (original) (raw)

Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan's The Making of Global International Relations surveys the discipline of International Relations (IR) through the lens of Global IR. The authors argue that the evolution of IR reflects the history of modern international relations, emphasizing the emergence of a global-scale international society from the nineteenth century onward. The book critiques the Western-dominated narratives in IR, advocating for a more pluralistic approach that incorporates perspectives from the periphery. While it offers significant insights and operationalizes the agenda of Global IR, it also faces criticisms for oversimplifying core-periphery interactions and relying on an underdeveloped theoretical framework.