Empire and International Order

’While the age of formal empires is over, empire continues to be an important yet highly variable ordering principle in world politics. Empire and International Order is a timely reminder that it is impossible to make sense of past and present international orders without studying their reliance on various forms of empire.’ Mathias Albert, Bielefeld University, Germany ’Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, empire has been found anew within the contemporary international system. Empire and International Order is a fundamental rethinking of these two important concepts from diverse perspectives. Using contemporary manifestations to reexamine the past, and the past to illuminate the present, this volume challenges both historians and political scientists.’ David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego, USA ’Noel Parker has assembled a stellar cast of scholars which succeeds admirably in resuscitating the imperial dimension of the modern international system. The resulting claim that empire and sovereignty go hand-in-hand much as the past and present co-exist constitutes a timely, original and superb intervention in the rapidly growing literature on empire and hierarchy in Internal Relations.’ John M. Hobson, University of Sheffield, UK