Three-Body Problem and International Relations

AvJames Wesley Hutto,Wendy N. Whitman Cobb

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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An introduction to key concepts in international relations and strategy through the interstellar narratives of Cixin Liu’s Hugo Award–winning trilogyScience fiction has long examined social, political, and moral issues through imagined worlds. This book uses Chinese author Cixin Liu’s award-winning trilogy as a teaching tool to illustrate complex theories of international relations. Comprising the novels The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, and Death’s End, the trilogy has been recognized for the ways in which, over a galactic scale of time and place, the stories explore how civilizations see each other and engage in strategic conflict. In this book, leading scholars draw on key moments from the trilogy to help demonstrate complex concepts such as deterrence, diplomacy, negotiation, competition, agency, game theory, colonialism, and feminist theory, as well as multiple levels of military strategy. By linking these stories to global politics and strategy, both on Earth and in space, “The Three-Body Problem” and International Relations offers an engaging, accessible introduction to concepts humans currently grapple with in the realms of global politics, foreign policy, and strategy.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:681 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:306
Förlag:University Press of Florida
ISBN:9781683405719

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James Wesley Hutto is associate professor of strategy and security studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies. Wendy N. Whitman Cobb, professor of strategy and security studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, is coauthor of Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century.Contributors: Sale Lilly Shanshan Mei Tim Bettis Michael A. Allen Máté Szalai Robert Herold Jean-François Bélanger Gregory D. Miller Mark D. Jacobsen Melia Pfannenstiel Luke M. Herrington Jaganath Sankaran Roni Kay M. O'Dell Dante K. Earle Aleš Karmazin Stephen Benedict Dyson

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List of FiguresList of TablesList of Abbreviations1. IntroductionJames Wesley Hutto and Wendy N. Whitman Cobb2. Mainland Chinese Science Fiction: A Play in Four ActsSale Lilly3. Chinese Strategic Perspectives on the Three-Body ProblemShanshan MeiPart I: 3BP and the Discipline of IR4. Mearsheimer’s Universe Is a Dark Forest: Offensive Realism as a Motivating Framework for Three-BodyJames Wesley Hutto5. Prisoners, Colonists, or MAD Actors? The Changing Character of Payoff Structures in Remembrance of Earth’s PastTim Bettis6. Wallfacers, Domestic Politics, and Extinction: The Limits of Realism in Intergalactic PoliticsMichael A. Allen and Robert Herold7. Is Thucydides Useful in Space? Earth as a Small State in The Three-Body ProblemMáté Szalai8. Deterrence, but in Space: What Cosmic Deterrence Tells Us About CoercionJean-François BélangerPart II: 3BP and the Practice of International Politics9. Sophons, Wallfacers, Swordholders, and the Cosmic Safety Notice: Strategic Thought in Chinese Science FictionWendy N. Whitman Cobb10. Strategic Insights from the Three-Body Trilogy: Ten Lessons for Navigating a Complex UniverseGregory D. Miller11. When War Is Not a Duel: The Three-Body Game and the Scientific Way of WarfareMark D. Jacobsen12. Militant Clients and Insurgency: Trisolaris and the Earth-Trisolaris OrganizationLuke M. Herrington and Melia Pfannenstiel13. Technology and Strategy in the Three-Body Problem TrilogyJaganath Sankaran14. Negotiation and Diplomacy in the Three-Body Problem TrilogyRoni Kay M. O’DellPart III: Critical Readings15. Taiwan and the Glutton SeaDante K. Earle16. Feminist Perspectives on Three-Body: Deterrence, Credibility, and the Portrayal of WomenWendy N. Whitman Cobb17. Chinese Developmentalism and the Geopolitics of Remembrance of Earth’s PastAleš Karmazin18. Reading Three-Body as Utopian International ThoughtStephen Benedict DysonList of ContributorsIndex