Liberal Order and Imperial Ambition: Essays on American Power and International OrderISBN: 978-0-7456-3649-8
Hardcover
312 pages
June 2006, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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This book of essays by the a leading figure in the new generation
of American IR theorists explores the theoretical, historical, and
foreign policy implications of American power and postwar order.
The first part of the book focuses on the origins and foundational
logic of America’s post-war order-building project –
advancing ideas about ‘liberal hegemony’ and
‘constitutional order’. The second part reflects on its
evolving character and fate in the aftermath of the Cold War, the
rise of unipolarity, and the post-9/11 threat of global
terrorism.
In this unique study of a superpower, Ikenberry argues that though the American world order is now in upheaval, in the end, the United States still has powerful incentive to sponsor and operate within a liberal rules-based system.