TY - GEN N2 - This book is an open access book. Many scholars have wondered if a non-Western theory of international politics founded on different premises, be it from Asia or from the "Global South," could release international relations from the grip of a Western, "Westphalian" model. This book argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternative. Because of its distinctive philosophical positions and its unique understanding of reality, human nature and political behavior, a Buddhist theory of IR offers a way out of this dilemma, a means for transcending the Westphalian predicament. The author explains this Buddhist IR model, beginning with its philosophical foundations up through its ideas about politics, economics and statecraft. William J. Long is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.-- DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-68042-8 DO - doi AB - This book is an open access book. Many scholars have wondered if a non-Western theory of international politics founded on different premises, be it from Asia or from the "Global South," could release international relations from the grip of a Western, "Westphalian" model. This book argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternative. Because of its distinctive philosophical positions and its unique understanding of reality, human nature and political behavior, a Buddhist theory of IR offers a way out of this dilemma, a means for transcending the Westphalian predicament. The author explains this Buddhist IR model, beginning with its philosophical foundations up through its ideas about politics, economics and statecraft. William J. Long is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.-- T1 - A Buddhist approach to international relations :radical interdependence / AU - Long, William J., CN - JZ1305 ID - 1430966 KW - International relations KW - Buddhism and international relations. KW - Bouddhisme et relations internationales. SN - 9783030680428 SN - 3030680428 SN - 303068041X SN - 9783030680411 SN - 9783030680435 SN - 3030680436 TI - A Buddhist approach to international relations :radical interdependence / LK - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-68042-8 UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-68042-8 ER -