Only within recent years has race become a common analytical framework within mainstream international relations (IR) theory.1 Alexander Barder argues in his book Global Race War: International Politics and Racial Hierarchy that the dominant paradigms of international relations are rooted in historical racial hierarchies and power relations.2 The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (GJIA) discusses the implications of this theory not only for political hotspots but also for International Relations courses as microcosms of imperial ideology.
