The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

Why is the Liberal International Order unraveling – and will this lead to global disorder? Broken Cycle explores this urgent question by viewing international politics through a dynamic lens focused on the rise and fall of great powers – whose periodic global wars determine who rules and which ideas and values prevail in the reordered international system. Randall L. Schweller uncovers recurring patterns of change, offering a framework to anticipate the contours of the emerging world. Rath...

Why have states throughout history regularly underestimated dangers to their survival? Why have some states been able to mobilize their material resources effectively to balance against threats, while others have not been able to do so? The phenomenon of "underbalancing" is a common but woefully underexamined behavior in international politics. Underbalancing occurs when states fail to recognize dangerous threats, choose not to react to them, or respond in paltry and imprudent ways. It is ...

Mixing myth, entropy, and Angry Birds, Randall Schweller brings a novel perspective to international studies.Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century.Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting worl...

全球流行病的暴发、民粹主义和民族主义的兴起，以及大国竞争的回归……那些曾被以为是过去式的政治形势重新出现，世界正处于“权威丧失”的长周期阶段。靠“霸权战争”来变革国际秩序已无法想象，那么有何替代品能重新建立全球秩序？施韦勒用希腊神话中引发特洛伊战争的“金苹果”和物理学中抵抗熵增从而建立秩序的麦克斯韦妖隐喻国际政治的未来。如今，世界政治的旧体系即将结束，新的秩序状态还未到来，混乱将不可避免。拯救世界的下一个麦克斯韦妖会是什么？作者提出了多种候选方案。乐观的是，这是一个多元化体系，大国共处于一个相对多中心的世界，中美之间或可实现“竞争性共存”。