A note on transliteration
Beyond the westphalian gaze
The historical-sociological approach to understanding order in international systems
Collective beliefs and visions of order
The East Asian Sino-centric order
Gathering all under heaven: East Asian collective beliefs and international society
The East Asian interstate society and the westphalian system
The Islamic cultural-historical community
Lords of the auspicious conjunction: The Ottoman, Safvid, and Mughal empires and the Islamic Ecumene
Collective imagination and the conduct of interpolity relations
Collective imagination among the politics of Southeast Asia
The galactic polities of Southeast Asia
Interstate relations and the encounter with colonial powers
Conclusion: Viewing the world in one's own image.
