The Once and Future World Order

A powerful reminder that not all world orders in history have been Western. This timely book argues that a dominant West is not a necessary condition for a rules-based international framework -- Odd Arne Westad, coauthor of THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION This book should serve as a model for many other academic disciplines that were founded on similarly colonialist assumptions -- Amitav Ghosh, author of SMOKE AND ASHES A refreshingly original take on a potential post-West world order -- Shashi Tharoor, author of INGLORIOUS EMPIRE To get a glimpse of the real future that humanity is heading towards, read this book carefully. It will dazzle and excite you and give you great hope for the future -- Kishore Mahbubani, author of LIVING THE ASIAN CENTURY A rich tapestry of a book bridging ancient civilizations and modern debates. An essential guide to the post-Western world. -- Parag Khanna, author of CONNECTOGRAPHY A deeply informed vision of how nations will draw on their pasts to relate to one another in the future -- Rana Mitter, author of FORGOTTEN ALLY This is the book everyone must read not only to make sense of our past but also the twenty-first century -- Ayşe Zarakol, author of BEFORE THE WEST A timely corrective to the blinkered arrogance about the role of the Rest which continues to infect so much Western policy analysis and history-writing. A compelling read -- Gareth Evans, former Australian foreign minister and president of the International Crisis Group