These are not happy times for liberal internationalists. No one can be sure how deep the
crisis of liberal internationalism runs. However, in what follows, I argue that despite its …

A majestic narrative reckoning with the forces that have shaped the nature and destiny of the
world's governing institutions The story of global cooperation is a tale of dreamers goading …

The international dimension of democracy promotion remains at best under-studied and
poorly understood, and in the extreme, hotly debated and criticized by its contemporary …

Based on a detailed study of 35 cases in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and post-communist
Eurasia, this book explores the fate of competitive authoritarian regimes between 1990 and …

News media, movies, blogs and video games issue constant invitations to picture war,
experience the thrill of combat, and revisit battles past. War, it's often said, sells. But what …

During the 1970s, American foreign policy faced a predicament of clashing imperatives-US
decision makers, already struggling to maintain stability and devise strategic frameworks to …

All fourteen major peacebuilding missions launched between 1989 and 1999 shared a
common strategy for consolidating peace after internal conflicts: immediate democratization …

During the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, while key decisions were debated by the
victorious Allied powers, a multitude of smaller nations and colonies held their breath …

“Outstanding... The most accessible distillation of that conflict yet written.”—The Boston
Globe “Energetically written and lucid, it makes an ideal introduction to the subject.”—The …

Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of
the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new …