I believe in answer to the main essay question that there are areas within international relations (will now be abbreviated as IR) as a field of political study elements of a colonial nature. That is to say IR exhibits as a form of knowledge colonialism. In this essay I shall layout my argument or arrival at the above conclusion in the following ways. There are three main evaluative criticisms of the article that I will …showed first 75 words of 2351 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2351 total…of international relations' by Sankaran Krishna. Published in Alternatives, Vol. 27 (2001). Pg 401 - 424. Pg 301, see footnote 2. 'Producing "the global" colonial and postcolonial forms of governance' by Himadeep Muppidi. Pg 327 from 'Post-Imperial and Quasi-Imperial: state and empire in the global era' by Martin Shaw. Published in Millennium, Vol. 31, No. 2. pg 327 - 336. Pg 336, see footnote before (23) Another example of different views on IR see 'The actuality of imperialism' by Alex Callinicos. Published in Millennium, Vol. 31, No. 2. Pg 319 - 326.