The Disorderly Society : Rethinking Global Governance in an Age of Anarchy

Lo, Bobo

Agenda Publishing（2025/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 200 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781788214650
• DDC分類 341.2

Full Description

The post-Cold War global order has unravelled. Liberal values and institutions are in full retreat, while authoritarians everywhere are emboldened. International law has given way to the rule of lawlessness. The world is more globalized than ever, but also increasingly fragmented and disorderly. Meanwhile, humanity faces a perfect storm of threats from runaway climate change to escalating geopolitical confrontation. In this trenchant critique, Bobo Lo argues that revitalizing global order is the central task of our time, the key to addressing the realities and demands of the twenty-first century. He proposes a new internationalism, centred on a broad view of self-interest, greater representativeness and inclusiveness, and the acceptance of flexibility and diversity. The world has moved on, and so must its governance.

Contents

Prologue: A parable of global disorder

Introduction

1. The rise and fall of the liberal order

2. A world disorder

3. Principles of a new internationalism

4. The United States, China, and the making of a twenty-first-century relationship

5. Powers in flux: adapting to change

6. Flexible multilateralism

7. Thinking beyond the state

Epilogue: Tomorrow's world