The chapters published here are extensively revised and enlarged versions of students’ papers. More than half of the participants were visiting students. It brought together a large group of postgraduates from different graduate schools. “The Origins of Geopolitical Thinking” was part of the Postgraduate General Course (大学院共通科目). Spang, and Kuanish Beisenov The three chapters featured in this Special Section "Discussing Geopolitics” are based on a graduate course taught in Spring 2010 at the University of Tsukuba. Civilizations in International Relations: Huntington’s Theory of Conflict 24 - 31 Nurlan Tussupov, Christian W.The Pivot Moves Eastward: Mackinder and the Okinawa Problem 18 - 23 Naoto Aizawa and Christian W.An Introduction to Early 20th Century Geopolitics 8 - 17 Christian W.Prologue: The Origins of Geopolitical Thinking 7 Christian W.Special Section: Discussing Geopolitics CONTENTS I conclude that while World Order often fails to engage with many of the major academic debates of our time, it remains an important work in the canon of Realism for successfully summarizing Kissinger’s oeuvre in the service of the busy policy practitioner and the interested public. Third, I point out certain flaws in Kissinger’s historical narrative, and contextualize his project from a historian’s perspective. Second, I explore Kissinger’s descriptions of the three international orders – the Westphalian, the Asian, and the Islamic, arguing that they are somewhat removed from the contemporary academic debates, and ponder over how this should influence the way we read Kissinger’s project. First, I reconstruct the broad sweep of the book’s arguments, point out its various strengths, and explore the overall purpose of the book in the context of Kissinger’s work, life, and times. This long essay seeks to address the many issues raised in World Order and highlighted by the reviewers in three parts.
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