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100	1		_aGANI Jasmine K
700			_aMARSHALL Jenna
245			_aThe impact of colonialism on policy and knowledge production in International Relations/ _cJasmine K Gani and Jenna Marshall
260			_c2022
520			_aIs there an academic-policy divide, and does that gap need to be bridged? For decades, International Relations (IR) scholars have reflected on their roles and responsibilities towards the 'real world', while policy-makers have often critiqued the detachment of academic research. In response, there have been increased calls for academics to descend from their 'ivory tower'. However, the articles in this 100th anniversary special issue of International Affairs interrogate this so-called theory-policy divide and problematize the exchange of knowledge between academics and practitioners, highlighting the colonial underpinnings of their historical entanglements. In this introductory article we bring together the core arguments of the special issue contributions to delineate three prominent dynamics in the academic-practitioner nexus: the role of academia as a supplier of knowledge for colonial policies; the influence of imperial practice and policy-makers in shaping IR and academic knowledge production; and the contestation from academics and/or practitioners against racial hierarchies in knowledge production and policy-making. Confronting the exclusions, amnesias and denials of colonialism in the theory and practice of International Relations is the necessary first step in any process of repair towards a more just and viable politics.
650			_aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
650			_aINTERNATIONAL HISTORY
650			_aINTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE, LAW, AND ETHICS
650			_aRACE AND IMPERIALISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS _xTHEORY AND PRACTICE
773			_aInternational Affairs: _gJanuary 2022, Vol.98, No.1, pp.5-22 (32)
598			_aPOLICY
856			_uhttps://academic.oup.com/ia/article/98/1/5/6484845 _zClick here for full text
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