Political and Legal

G. John Ikenberry

Fukuyama is best known for his reflections on "the end of history," but with this landmark study, he turns to history's beginning, tracing the origins and trajectories of political order from prehistoric times to the French Revolution.

G. John Ikenberry

In this lively chronicle of the last three decades, Rachman rgues that the 2008 financial crisis "changed the logic of international relations," ushering in a new era marked by a dysfunctional world economy and intensifying "zero-sum" geopolitical rivalries.

G. John Ikenberry

In this book, Fettweis argues that a deeper transformation has occurred in the way citizens of great powers think about large-scale war.

G. John Ikenberry

This important book presents fascinating empirical findings that explain why some countries have become democracies and others have not, and why some democratic breakthroughs have endured and others have slid backward.

G. John Ikenberry

In this collection of essays, leading diplomatic historians and international relations theorists explore the limits of realist theory in explaining why great powers do what they do.