Orders of Exclusion: Great Powers and the Strategic
Sources of Foundational Rules in International
Relations
By Kyle M. Lascurettes
New York: Oxford University Press, 2020, 327 pages, £25.99 (paperback),
ISBN: 9780190068554
A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism
and the Crises of Global Order
By G. John Ikenberry
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, 408 pages, $24.00 (paperback),
ISBN: 9780300271010
Culture and Order in World Politics
Edited by Andrew Phillips and Christian Reus-Smit
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020, 379 pages, $34.99 (paperback),
ISBN: 9781108718936
Introduction
The international order is a central theme that policymakers debate, advocate, and sometimes challenge in private or public. The concept is also often the subject of conspiracy theories that may dangerously influence public opinion on global issues such as migration, environment, and disease. Thus, it is important to understand why policymakers put international order on their agendas, why conspiracy theories are interested in the concept, and the essential meaning of international order. That initiative necessarily invites interested ones into the distinct universe of international relations theories. For