International Politics of Superheroes

Foreword

Part I: X-Ray Visions: International Relations Theories

Chapter 1. Liberalism: The JLA

Chapter 2. Batman's Realism

Chapter 3. Constructivism: Between Harvey Dent and Two-Face

Chapter 4. Red Son and the Power Structuralism

Chapter 5. Doctor Strange's Intersectional Perspective

Part II: The Multiverses: Global Structure

Chapter 6. Superman: Hegemony and World Order

Chapter 7. Globalization: The Flash

Chapter 8. Cyborg: The World's Digital Duplicate

Chapter 9. Peter's Web: International Organizations

Part III: Why We Fight: Global Issues

Chapter 10. War: Tony Stark, Iron Man, and the Military-Industrial Complex

Chapter 11. Doomsday Clock: Nuclear Proliferation

Chapter 12. Lex Luthor and Victor von Doom: Global Inequality

Chapter 13. X-Men: Migrants and Refugees

Chapter 14. Climate Change: Aquaman in the Anthropocene

Chapter 15. Green Lantern: Battlefield Space

Part IV: The Players: Global Super-Powers and Subpowers

Chapter 16. The United States: Is Captain America Retiring?

Chapter 17. Wonder Woman: The EU's Soft Power

Chapter 18. Emerging Countries: Welcome to Wakanda

Chapter 19. China: From Fu Manchu to Mandarin

Chapter 20. Is Russia Like the Hulk?

Chapter 21. Latin America's Eternal Return

Chapter 22. Epilogue: Bane's Facemask

References

Notes