Amitav Acharya

The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for the world. Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarisation, and the rise of other great powers—especially China—threaten to unravel today's Western-led world order. Many fear...

The February 2021 coup demonstrates the tragic politics of a land whose strategic location, rich culture, and bountiful resources should have made it a leading nation of Asia. A decade ago, Burma was full of light and hope. Today, it has descended into darkness and despair. The once promising political and opening up of the country has been set back,...

A study of why the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean took different paths to peace and stability and its lessons for international order today In this book, Divergent Worlds, Amitav Acharya and Manjeet S. Pardesi compare the interplay of power and ideas in the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean to explain why the two regions took divergent paths to peace...

The epic history of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for its future. Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarisation, and the rise of other great powers—especially China—threaten to unravel today's Western-led world order. Many fear this would lead to global chaos....

An authoritative account of key geopolitical changes affecting Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia was created by geopolitics; it might die with it. The end of the Cold War in the early 1990s marked the high point of Southeast Asia's rise on the global stage. But the tide is turning now. The previous era of great power rivalry actually made the rise...

The age of Western hegemony is over. Whether or not America itself declines or thrives under President Trump's leadership, the post-war liberal international order, underpinned by US military, economic and ideological primacy and supported by global institutions serving its power and purpose, is coming to an end. But what will take its place? A Chinese world order? A re-constituted form...