Introduction; 1. The steppe as the great unknown; 2. The emergence of the steppe tradition; 3. The steppe tradition settles down; 4. The steppe in the emergent Rus' polity; 5. Russia and Turkey between the steppe and Europe.
Argues that the Eurasian steppe political tradition has been globally influential, particularly in the socio-political formation of modern Russia and Turkey.
Iver B. Neumann, Ph.D., is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Adjunct Professor at the Museum of Cultural History, Universitetet i Oslo. He has taken a career-long interest in the differences between Russia and Europe and has published two previous books on the matter: Russia and the Idea of Europe (1996, 2nd edition, 2017) and Uses of the Other: 'The East' in European Identity Formation (1999). He has also published widely on diplomacy and statebuilding. Einar Wigen, Ph.D. (Universitetet i Oslo, Turkish studies) is post doctoral fellow at the Department for Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,Universitetet i Oslo. As well as being trained as an Ottomanist, he holds one M.A. in political science from the Universitetet i Oslo, and another in peace and conflict studies from European Peace University, Austria. Wigen is the author of the monograph State of Translation: Turkey in Interlingual Relations (2018).
'For far too long our large-scale, broad-stroke histories have
revolved around sedentary and maritime empires, agro-capitalist
regimes, and nation states. This powerful book provides a
compelling counter narrative by re-examining a long sweep of
Eurasian history from steppe worlds outward rather than sedentary
domains outward. The results are revelatory. Even today, if looked
closely, we can see traces of the two-millennia-old steppe
tradition behind the façade of the modern states system.' Pekka
Hämäläinen, author of The Comanche Empire
'Neumann and Wigen have produced a veritable masterpiece. Their
book opens up exciting new vistas for the comparative study of
international systems, filling a critical lacuna in our
understanding of Eurasia's political development. And it also
provides timely insight into the enduring imprint of the steppe
state-building tradition, and the deep historical roots of
authoritarianism in Turkey and the post-Soviet space. The Steppe
Tradition in International Relations is destined to be a classic,
and should be required reading for all serious students of
comparative state formation and historical international
relations.' Andrew Phillips, University of Queensland
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