Using original and robust archival evidence, Rohan Mukherjee offers the first comprehensive study of conflict and cooperation as new powers join the global arena.
Ascending Order offers the first comprehensive study of conflict and cooperation as new powers join the global arena. Using original and robust archival evidence, the book examines these dynamics in three cases: the United States and the maritime laws of war in the mid-nineteenth century; Japan and naval arms control in the interwar period; and India and nuclear non-proliferation in the Cold War. This study shows that the future of contemporary international order depends on the ability of international institutions to address the status ambitions of rising powers such as China and India.
Author: Rohan Mukherjee (Assistant Professor: Department of International Relations, London School of Economics)
Discussant: Darren Lim (Senior Lecturer: School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University)