World Order, What?

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

International order is often said to be under threat, unraveling, in crisis, or changing, and IR itself is often said to be about understanding, predicting, or creating order in the world. These formations presume we know what ‘order’ means. What counts as order is historically specific, operationally ambiguous, and always contested. This roundtable gathers leading scholars from diverse fields to reflect on the history and construction of international order as a concept. We will address the history, definition, and deployment of the idea, as well as its use as a variable in social science and as a normative goal in policy.

Sub Unit

• Division 60: International Relations Theory

Chair

• Ian F. Hurd Northwestern University

Presenters

• Kyle M. Lascurettes Lewis & Clark College

• Carla Norrlof University of Toronto

• Stacie E. Goddard Wellesley College

• Lora Anne Viola Free University of Berlin