Cyber discourse on the islands -- Sovereignty, legitimacy and Taiwan's national identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8. Stories of IR: Turkey and the Cold War -- Writing histories -- Reproducing IR stories -- Alternative narratives -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART III: Theory -- 9. The postcolonial paradox of Eastern agency -- Unpacking and re-visioning Orientalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10. Justification of trans-cultural international studies -- Theories of theory choice -- The normative basis of theory choice -- Lakatos' taxonomy -- Practical considerations for international studies -- Conclusion -- References -- PART IV: Articulations -- 11. Anti-colonial empires: Creation of Afro-Asian spaces of resistance -- Postcolonialism and the state -- Nineteenth-century resistance and anti-colonial empires -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 12. From territory to travel: Metabolism, metamorphosis, and mutation in IR -- "Westfailure" and its aftermath -- An alternative language game for IR? The idea of road-and-travel -- Towards a worldist approach of global metabolism/metamorphosis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 13. Empire of the mind: José Rizal and proto-nationalism in the Philippines -- Empire of the mind -- Rizal, the author -- To make a state -- Educating subject peoples for the nation -- Religion, culture and civilizing the masses -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 14. The Korean Wave: Korean popular culture at the intersection of state, economy, and history -- The Korean Wave -- The Korean state and neoliberal globalization -- Crisis, power, and national humiliation -- A third space -- Cultural fever from a non-great power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15. Romancing Westphalia: Westphalian IR and Romance of the Three Kingdoms -- Enemy, rival, friend