Alexander E. Davis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at La Trobe University's Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, Australia.Vineet Thakur is University Lecturer in History and International Relations at Leiden University, the Netherlands.Peter Vale is the founding director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, and Nelson Mandela Professor of Politics Emeritus, Rhodes University, South Africa.

'As calls to decolonise the university become widespread, this critique of the discipline of IR is ideal for classroom teaching'

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Race, Empire and the Founding of International Relations1. An Edwardian Fantasy: The Empire-Wide Origins of International Relations 2. Canada: From Imperial Federationism to Liberal Imperialism 3. Australia: Race, Settlement and Understandings of the International 4. South Africa: Race Relations, the International and the Rise of Apartheid 5. New Zealand: Exceptionalism and Isolation in the South Pacific 6. India: The Imperial Discipline Meets Anti-Colonial Nationalism Conclusion: The Past of International Relations and Its Future Notes Select Bibliography Notes on Authors Index

Alexander E. Davis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at La Trobe University's Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, Australia.Vineet Thakur is University Lecturer in History and International Relations at Leiden University, the Netherlands.Peter Vale is the founding director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, and Nelson Mandela Professor of Politics Emeritus, Rhodes University, South Africa.

'As calls to decolonise the university become widespread, this critique of the discipline of IR is ideal for classroom teaching'

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Race, Empire and the Founding of International Relations1. An Edwardian Fantasy: The Empire-Wide Origins of International Relations 2. Canada: From Imperial Federationism to Liberal Imperialism 3. Australia: Race, Settlement and Understandings of the International 4. South Africa: Race Relations, the International and the Rise of Apartheid 5. New Zealand: Exceptionalism and Isolation in the South Pacific 6. India: The Imperial Discipline Meets Anti-Colonial Nationalism Conclusion: The Past of International Relations and Its Future Notes Select Bibliography Notes on Authors Index

Alexander E. Davis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at La Trobe University's Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, Australia.Vineet Thakur is University Lecturer in History and International Relations at Leiden University, the Netherlands.Peter Vale is the founding director of the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, and Nelson Mandela Professor of Politics Emeritus, Rhodes University, South Africa.

'As calls to decolonise the university become widespread, this critique of the discipline of IR is ideal for classroom teaching'

• Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Race, Empire and the Founding of International Relations1. An Edwardian Fantasy: The Empire-Wide Origins of International Relations 2. Canada: From Imperial Federationism to Liberal Imperialism 3. Australia: Race, Settlement and Understandings of the International 4. South Africa: Race Relations, the International and the Rise of Apartheid 5. New Zealand: Exceptionalism and Isolation in the South Pacific 6. India: The Imperial Discipline Meets Anti-Colonial Nationalism Conclusion: The Past of International Relations and Its Future Notes Select Bibliography Notes on Authors Index