Kuru, Deniz2021-01-082021-01-0820191362-93951743-9418http://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2019.1700674https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12846/174Kuru, Deniz/0000-0003-2319-6977WOS:000502415300001This study analyzes the (dis)connections between the Mediterranean and the discipline of International Relations (IR) by focusing on their interactions from two distinct but complementary perspectives. First, a comparative analysis of leading academic IR journals both from the most active IR scholarly communities (American/global, European, British) and across the northern/European Mediterranean region (Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, and Turkey) looks to what extent topics related to the Mediterranean have found a place in these publications. Second, it offers a more disciplinary analysis that considers the reasons of IR's lacking engagement with the Mediterranean, pointing to the discipline's historical and sociological development that hindered a greater role for this significant region in IR theories and empirics. The study concludes by discussing the possibility of a Mediterranean IR theory that would consider the region's distinct world historical role while pointing to the constraints faced by such an alternative theoretical framework.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMediterraneanInternational Relations (Ir) DisciplineAcademic JournalsDisciplinary History And SociologyArticle10.1080/13629395.2019.1700674Q1Q1WOS:0005024153000012-s2.0-85076355618