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  • 2 - Constructing Facts and Theories

  • from Part I - Introduction and Theory
  • Ming Wan, George Mason University, Virginia
  • Book:
    East Asian International Relations
    Published online:
    28 November 2024
    Print publication:
    19 December 2024, pp 24-54

  • Summary

    Chapter 2 provides the theoretical and methodological foundations for understanding East Asian international relations and demonstrates how facts and theories are constructed. Building on that foundation, the chapter then provides a preliminary review of the merits and demerits of the prevailing theories: realism, liberal institutionalism, constructivism, Marxism, and neo-traditionalism, depending on the research questions we are interested in. The chapter also offers an initial connection between the existing IR theories and theory of evolution. It emphasizes that the theory of evolution does not necessarily replace any existing IR theory but offers instead a different insight and scientific framework, which may be left in the background or be explicitly applied.