“The World in Disarray”: Is An Update of the International System Possible?

... other.  Today’s international setting suggests that the world order to which we are used to, based on the principle of the sovereignty of states, needs to be updated in order to reflect the changes of the post-Cold War era. An updated version of the ... ... explores in his recent book A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order. The book begins by reviewing how the concept of ‘world order’ has evolved throughout history, beginning with the famous Treaty of Westphalia,...