Includes bibliographical references and index.

Crisis of the old order -- pt. 1. Theoretical foundations -- Power and the varieties of order -- Power and strategies of rule -- Unipolarity and its consequences -- pt. 2. Historical origins and trajectories of change -- The rise of the American system -- The great transformation and the failure of illiberal hegemony -- Dilemmas and pathways of liberal international order -- Conclusion : The durability of liberal international order.