`This superb book audaciously Undermines IR theory conceived in Western conceit.Richard Peet. Clark University, author of Geography of Power<BR><BR>Nayak and Selbin articulate IR as "centered" in a way that is creative, comprehensive, lucid, and accessible. This book is an impressive contribution for that reason alone, but all the more impressive because it goes further. This text is engaging and stimulating and IR is better off for its exisfence. Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida, co-author of Rethinking the 21st Century<BR><BR>`Decentering International Relations asks all the right questions, not only about world politics but also about the ways they are seen and theorized Disquisitions on theory tend to be ponderous and demonding, but the almost chatty style of Nayak and Selbin is not only light but almost wickedly humane. Stephen Chan, SOAS, author of The End of Certainty<BR><BR>`Nayak and Selbin effectively engage all of us as students. Their style is accessible, the questions they pose crucial. They challenge each of us to Seriously think about who "we, are When we talk about them."That's IR at its best. Cynthia Enloe, Clark University, author of Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War<BR><BR>Decentering International Relations seeks to actively Confront, resist, and rewrite IR, a discipline which is deeply centered in the North/West and Which privileges certain perspectives, pedagogies, and practices. Is it possible to break the chain of signifiers that always leads IR studies back to the United States and its European allies?<BR><BR>Through engagement with a variety of theories and in conversation with scholars activists, and students. Meghana Nayak and Eric Selbin invite the reader to participate in an accessible yet provocative experiment to decenter the North/West when we learn, study, and do IR. In particular, they examine how the pressing issues of human rights, globalization, peace and security, and indigeneity are simultaneously normative inventions meant to sustain particular power structures and sites for insurgent and subversive attempts to live IR at the margins.<BR><BR>Decentering International Relations is a remarkable and provocativere envisioring of a globally important subject.