Zimbabwe in Crisis: The International Response and the Space of Silence (2007)
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Chan, S., & Primorac, R. (Eds.). (2007). Zimbabwe in Crisis: The International Response and the Space of Silence. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315869476

This book covers not only the political situation in Zimbabwe, but its international context and those areas of privation, exclusion and silence within the country that are beneath the everyday face of politics. Written by either a Zimbabwean or an i... Read More about Zimbabwe in Crisis: The International Response and the Space of Silence.

Grasping Africa: A Tale of Achievement and Tragedy (2007)
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Chan, S. (2007). Grasping Africa: A Tale of Achievement and Tragedy. I.B. Tauris. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755624690

Africa is huge, internationally vital, potentially rich and powerful yet mired in failure - political, economic, social and even cultural. Yet the story of contemporary Africa is not just one of global tragedy but also of enormous hope for the future... Read More about Grasping Africa: A Tale of Achievement and Tragedy.

Theories of International Relations. Vol.1-4 (2006)
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Chan, S., & Moore, C. (Eds.). (2006). Theories of International Relations. Vol.1-4. Sage

Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War (2005)
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Chan, S. (2005). Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War. University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.131944

George Bush's "Axis of Evil" was the expression of a new rhetoric of morality in world affairs, mirroring the ideology of the president and his neoconservative policy advisors. In its fight against evil, the U.S. has economically and politically brok... Read More about Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War.

Reliving the Boxer Uprising; or, the Restricted Meaning of Civilisation (2003)
Book Chapter
Chan, S. (2003). Reliving the Boxer Uprising; or, the Restricted Meaning of Civilisation. In P. Mandaville, & A. J. Williams (Eds.), Meaning and International Relations. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203167557-11

This chapter is an enlarged version of a review essay commenting on Huntington's book. Although distinguished critics such as Edward Said have lambasted the book in much more influential outlets, Huntington chose to reply, not to Said, but to my own... Read More about Reliving the Boxer Uprising; or, the Restricted Meaning of Civilisation.

Stories of Priam and Job, the Slaughter of Their Families, and Twenty Theses on the Suggestiveness of Good for the Person of IR (2001)
Book Chapter
Chan, S. (2001). Stories of Priam and Job, the Slaughter of Their Families, and Twenty Theses on the Suggestiveness of Good for the Person of IR. In S. Chan, P. Mandaville, & R. Bleiker (Eds.), The Zen of International Relations. IR Theory from East to West (99-126). Palgrave