Amitav Acharya - The End of American World Order

[A]stimulating argument.

Joseph S. Nye, International Affairs

A subtle and compelling study of one of the great issues of our day. A work that is bound to provoke widespread debate amongst policy-makers and academics alike.

Michael Cox, London School of Economics and Political Science

An imaginative vision of a less centralized, more pluralistic world.

John Ikenberry, Princeton University, Foreign Affairs

An important contribution to the building debate over how to sustain international order in an era of profound change. Acharya foresees a more regionalized and pluralist order a decentered world, but one linked together by networks and institutions. His vision is not just creative and provocative, but also a compelling prediction of where the world is likely headed.

Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University

A punchy, trenchant critique of liberal internationalist and American hopes for a sticky, post-American liberal world order.

Robert E. Kelly, Human and Social Sciences Net Online

A challenging vision of the future.

Simon Reich, Political Science Quarterly

Few works on this topic are as lucid as Acharya's The End of American World Order. He has proved once more to be a prolific writer, presenting a new idea that should be taken into consideration by policy-makers and scholars alike.

Political Studies Review

The End of American World Order is a punchy, provocative, innovative and incisive work. I recommend it as essential reading, not only for students of regionalism, but also for anyone interested in better grasping the power dynamics rapidly re-shaping the global order.

Andrew Phillips, Australian Outlook 2016

The End of American World Order contains a welcome message in favour of continued American engagement in the world, while avoiding unhelpful clichs of American decline, or an America-centric approach to world affairs.

Gilles Andrani, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

[N]either anti-American nor US-focused a compelling vision of the post-American world.

Lauren Young, The London School of Economics Review of Books

[E]xtremely valuable contribution to the debate about the future of global order.

Oliver Stuenkel, The Diplomat

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Names: Acharya, Amitav, author.

Title: The end of American world order / Amitav Acharya.

Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017033813 (print) | LCCN 2017055098 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509517114 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509517077 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509517084 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: International organization. | World politics21st century. | Regionalism. | Interregionalism. | United StatesForeign relations21st century. | BISAC: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.

Classification: LCC JZ1318 (ebook) | LCC JZ1318 .A276 2018 (print) | DDC 327dc23

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