This work seeks to explore the widely held assumption that the discipline of International Relations is dominated by American scholars, approaches and institutions.

Helen Turton is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sheffield, UK.

1. Introduction: Is International Relations an American dominated discipline? 2. American dominance as agenda setting? 3. American theoretical dominance? 4. American epistemological and methodological dominance? 5. American institutional dominance? 6. American dominance as gate-Keeping? 7. Conclusion: diversity and dominance in International Relations