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Rethinking World Order
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23 June 2026

This book is one of the first to systematically examine the debate about global order in International Relations from an ecological perspective.
Bringing together an international team of expert contributors, chapters offer a well-rounded exploration of the ecological view on world order from a diverse mix of cultural and theoretical backgrounds. The book provides a nuanced understanding of the social structures underlying specific world political challenges and offers valuable insights into the complex interplay of various global orders and their implications for international affairs.
Gunther Hellmann is Professor of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Daniel Jacobi is Research Associate and Lecturer at Goethe University Frankfurt.
1. Introduction: Challenges of Rethinking Order - Daniel Jacobi and Gunther Hellmann
2. Of Gardens and Jungles in World Politics - Peter J. Katzenstein
3. Contested World Ordering: Surveillance Capitalism’s Cognitive Evolution of a Social World Order - Emanuel Adler
4. The Anthropocene Crisis as Ordering Practice: Knowledge Production and the Circulation of Security - Madeleine Fagan
5. The Evolution of Order in a Changing World - Charles A. Kupchan
6. Conflictualization as Negative Order: Patterning Global Politics in the 2020s - Ole Wæver
7. Multilateralism as Ordering: A Conceptual Exploration - Gunther Hellmann
8. Global Economic Orders: Towards Pluralism in Finance - Andreas Nölke
9. Pan-Africanism, Recognition, and World Orders - Rita Abrahamsen
10. War and Order - Yvonne Chiu
11. Conclusion: Towards a Theory of Ecological Ordering - Daniel Jacobi