In this erudite view of our disordered world, Kissinger views each region from a historical perspective to reveal the forces behind differing views of world order. They never reigned globally in a world of divergent cultures, histories and theories of order.
Those rules and limits diminished greatly after World War II, when the United States dominated the Atlantic Alliance. It came closest four centuries ago when warring European states, under the Peace of Westphalia, recognized state sovereignty and principles of international relations. In fact, the world has never achieved world order, writes Kissinger. Former Secretary of State Kissinger ( On China, 2011, etc.) considers the prospect for order in a world without agreed-upon rules.Īt a time when many nations differ on the meanings of democracy, human rights and international law, the 21st-century world is in a state of flux regarding the concepts of power and legitimacy-the foundation of world order.
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