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Overcoming Gangsterism and Geo-Political Anarchy: The Case for a Supranational World Order

Overcoming Gangsterism and Geo-Political Anarchy: The Case for a Supranational World Order

O'Sullivan, Patrick
Ricci, Paolo
Ngau, Ola

Hardcover

General LawGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 3032224373
ISBN13: 9783032224378
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: May 26 2026
Pages: 199
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
The contemporary geopolitical order is marked by profound instability: international law appears fractured and largely ineffective, might is often right as power prevails over principle. This book identifies one fundamental reason for the apparent gangsterish anarchy-- lack of enforcement power for international institutions and the primary premise of international law being that of an effectively absolute national sovereignty. Drawing on the political philosophies of Hobbes and Kant this books advances a bold proposal: the creation of a supranational world authority endowed with genuine enforcement powers. Such an authority would require states to cede voluntarily limited aspects of sovereignty essential for sustaining global peace and addressing shared interdependent challenges. Far from being utopian, this vision finds precedent in and could be modelled upon the European Union, whose supranational institutions offer both lessons and cautionary tales for designing a global framework.

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