《THE DECLINING WORLD ORDER AMERICA'S IMPERIAL GEOPOLITICS》

PART ONEStructures, Actors, and Agency1

Chapter I The Future of the State and State System3

Revisitine Westphalia3

The Post-Westphalian Perspective14

Four Post-Westphalian Dead Ends22

The Post-Westphalia Prospect in the Early Twenty-First Century26

A Concluding Note38

Endnotes41

Chapter 2 Regionalism45

Background Considerations45

Containing Negative Globalism via Regionalism55

Containing Empire-Building56

Mitigating Pathological Anarchism57

Promoting Positive Globalism59

Promoting Positive Regionalism61

A Concluding Note63

References64

Chapter 3 Global Institutions67

Identifying the Challenge67

The Institutions of Global Economic Governance69

A World of Regions? A Foreign Policy Calculus73

The United Nations: A Crisis of Confidence75

A Concluding Note78

Chapter 4 Global Civil Society81

Engaging the Project81

The Politics of Language85

Responding to Economic Globalization88

Toward Responsible Global Capitalism: A Plea for NormativeDemocracy95

Globalization-from-Below and the State: A Decisive Battle99

Conclusion101

References102

PART TWONormative Contours105

Chapter 5Toward Global Justice107

The Changing Global Context107

Implementing Accountability Norms: Options and Mechanisms117

Modalities of Response123

The Promise of the Future: Finding Hope128

A Concluding Note134

References134

Chapter 6 Religious Resurgence137

Points of Departure137

Narrating the Interplay of Religion and Politics: The Emergence of Modernity142

Normative Appraisal from the Perspective of Global Governance, or Why "Inhumane?"147

Why Religion? Openings and Regressions151

Religious Pillars of Humane Global Governance155

Religion and Humane Global Governance: ConcludingObservations163

Endnotes167

Chapter 7 Challenging Citizenship171

Overview171

Constructing Global Citizenship: Reviving the 1990s179

Endnotes184

PART THREERegression187

Chapter 8 Grasping George W. Bush's Postmodern Geopolitics189

Chapter 9 The United Nations after the Iraq War201

Framing an Inquiry201

The Iraq War and the Future of the Charter System207

The Charter System, Megaterrorism, and Humanitarian Intervention209

A Constructivist Future for the UN Charter System211

Endnotes215

Chapter 10 Patriotism215

The Impact of September 11217

The Patriotic Moment218

Revamping Patriotism222

Chapter 11 Human Rights and Civil Liberties227

Unprecedented Assault on Our Liberties227

Political Extremists Shaping Policy229

U.S. Military Domination231

The Magnitude of the Crisis233

Finding Hope236

We Need to Reinvent Our Democracy239

Chapter 12 Will the Empire Be Fascist?241

An Imperial Moment243

Depicting the Radical Vision of the Bush Administration at Home and Abroad245

Why Global Fascism?248

Endnotes252

Index253