How is the world understood around the world? How is it understood by those who are professionally dedicated to analyzing world politics, that is, by scholars of international relations? Presumably, we are all part of a global discipline studying a shared object of interest, and yet theorizing gravitates around a number of theories “made in the U.S.” In addition, access to this allegedly international field is highly asymmetrical and conditioned by factors ranging from seemingly mundane issues such as library holdings, physical safety in the street, and weekly working hours, to hurdles related to language, epistemology, and perspective.