Table of Contents

contents Introduction: Operation Iraqi Freedom and the International Order Part one: Towards an International Society Chapter one: The Westphalian Equilibrium Chapter two: The 'British Concert' Chapter three: The American Order Part two: From Lockean to Hobbesian Anarchy Chapter four: From Rivalry to Enmity Chapter five: From Just War to Preventive War Chapter six: From Multilateralism to Unilateralism Part three: A Proto - systemic War Chapter seven: Security Dilemma and Opportunistic Expansionism Chapter eight: Domestic Politics and Sinister Imperialism Chapter nine: Power Cycles and Hegemonic Decline Conclusion: The Open Anarchy Select Bibliography and Online Sources Index

About the Author

Dario Battistella is Professor of political science and international relations. He has been Visiting Professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, the Universite Laval in Quebec, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of a handbook of international relations theory and a dictionary of international relations concepts, both in French.