Drawing on Amitav Acharya’s new book, which argues that world order is not the monopoly of any civilization or nation, the panel will discuss three key questions: Firstly, has world order been a shared creation, as the book argues? Secondly, will the end of Western dominance be a “good or bad thing,” ? And finally, what might be the shape of the “next” world order -- a return to multipolarity or bipolarity, a revival of US hegemony, a world order of regions, or a “multiplex” world?   
*Amitav Acharya* is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC.
His recent books include _The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West_ (Basic Books 2025), _Constructing Global Order_ (Cambridge 2018); _The End of American World Order_ (Polity 2014, 2018) and _The Making of Global International Relations_ (Cambridge 2019: with Barry Buzan). His articles have appeared in _International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Peace Research, International Affairs, Perspectives on Politics,_ and _World Politics_. A Past President of the International Studies Association (ISA), he is the winner of three ISA Distinguished Scholar Awards, that respectively cite his "contribution to non-Western IR theory and inclusion;” “influence, intellectual works and mentorship” in the field of international organisation; and “extraordinary impact” in globalising the study of International Relations.
Panellists will include *Professor Faisal Devji* (Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford), and *Professor Andrew Hurrell* (Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at Balliol College and Co-Director, The Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders). The discussion will be chaired by *Professor Louise Fawcett* (Professor of International Relations and Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders).
To attend in person please register here: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/post-western-order
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			*Amitav Acharya* is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC.
His recent books include _The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West_ (Basic Books 2025), _Constructing Global Order_ (Cambridge 2018); _The End of American World Order_ (Polity 2014, 2018) and _The Making of Global International Relations_ (Cambridge 2019: with Barry Buzan). His articles have appeared in _International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Peace Research, International Affairs, Perspectives on Politics,_ and _World Politics_. A Past President of the International Studies Association (ISA), he is the winner of three ISA Distinguished Scholar Awards, that respectively cite his "contribution to non-Western IR theory and inclusion;” “influence, intellectual works and mentorship” in the field of international organisation; and “extraordinary impact” in globalising the study of International Relations.
Panellists will include *Professor Faisal Devji* (Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford), and *Professor Andrew Hurrell* (Senior Research Fellow in International Relations at Balliol College and Co-Director, The Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders). The discussion will be chaired by *Professor Louise Fawcett* (Professor of International Relations and Co-Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Changing Global Orders).
To attend in person please register here: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/post-western-order
To watch online see registration link above for the online links