{"product_id":"the-three-body-problem-and-international-relations-hardback-9781683405719","title":"The Three-Body Problem and International Relations (Hardback) 9781683405719","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Three-Body Problem and International Relations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Wesley Hutto (Edited by), Wendy N. Whitman Cobb (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781683405719\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 June 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 5 Illustrations, black and white - 4 Tables, unspecified\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.628 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn introduction to key concepts in international relations and strategy through the interstellar narratives of Cixin Liu’s Hugo Award–winning trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience fiction has long examined social, political, and moral issues through imagined worlds. This book uses Chinese author Cixin Liu’s award-winning trilogy as a teaching tool to illustrate complex theories of international relations. Comprising the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Three-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Forest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDeath’s End\u003c\/i\u003e, the trilogy has been recognized for the ways in which, over a galactic scale of time and place, the stories explore how civilizations see each other and engage in strategic conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, leading scholars draw on key moments from the trilogy to help demonstrate complex concepts such as deterrence, diplomacy, negotiation, competition, agency, game theory, colonialism, and feminist theory, as well as multiple levels of military strategy. By linking these stories to global politics and strategy, both on Earth and in space, \u003ci\u003e“The Three-Body Problem” and International Relations\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging, accessible introduction to concepts humans currently grapple with in the realms of global politics, foreign policy, and strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Wesley Hutto and Wendy N. Whitman Cobb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Mainland Chinese Science Fiction: A Play in Four Acts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSale Lilly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Chinese Strategic Perspectives on the Three-Body Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShanshan Mei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: 3BP and the Discipline of IR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Mearsheimer’s Universe Is a Dark Forest: Offensive Realism as a Motivating Framework for Three-Body\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Wesley Hutto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Prisoners, Colonists, or MAD Actors? The Changing Character of Payoff Structures in \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Earth’s Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Bettis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Wallfacers, Domestic Politics, and Extinction: The Limits of Realism in Intergalactic Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael A. Allen and Robert Herold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Is Thucydides Useful in Space? Earth as a Small State in \u003ci\u003eThe Three-Body Problem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMáté Szalai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Deterrence, but in Space: What Cosmic Deterrence Tells Us About Coercion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-François Bélanger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: 3BP and the Practice of International Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Sophons, Wallfacers, Swordholders, and the Cosmic Safety Notice: Strategic Thought in Chinese Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendy N. Whitman Cobb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Strategic Insights from the Three-Body Trilogy: Ten Lessons for Navigating a Complex Universe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory D. Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. When War Is Not a Duel: The Three-Body Game and the Scientific Way of Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark D. Jacobsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Militant Clients and Insurgency: Trisolaris and the Earth-Trisolaris Organization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuke M. Herrington and Melia Pfannenstiel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. Technology and Strategy in the Three-Body Problem Trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJaganath Sankaran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. Negotiation and Diplomacy in the Three-Body Problem Trilogy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoni Kay M. O’Dell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Critical Readings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. Taiwan and the Glutton Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDante K. Earle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. Feminist Perspectives on Three-Body: Deterrence, Credibility, and the Portrayal of Women\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWendy N. Whitman Cobb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. Chinese Developmentalism and the Geopolitics of \u003ci\u003eRemembrance of Earth’s Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAleš Karmazin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Reading Three-Body as Utopian International Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Benedict Dyson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Florida Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694233219352,"sku":"9781683405719","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-three-body-problem-and-international-relations-hardback-9781683405719","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}