Great question! We covered a variety of definitions for "International/World Order" in #ChicagoIntroIR.
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Perhaps the favorite definition comes from @SlaughterAM's "New World Order": "A system of global governance that institutionalizes cooperation and sufficiently contains conflict.”
books.google.com/books?id=WzG5q…
Another one the students found useful comes from a recent @RichardHaass's @ForeignAffairs piece: “[World Order] requires a stable distribution of power and broad acceptance of the rules that govern the conduct of international relations."
foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-…
Of course, they needed to know Ikenberry's definition from "After Victory", though it's a bit vague: "The governing arrangements among a group of states, including its fundamental rules, principles, and institutions"
books.google.com/books?id=tWTYC…
And we can't talk about "International Order" without bringing up Hedley Bull.
But I don't introduce them to "The Anarchical Society"
books.google.com/books?id=dskcB…
Instead, I have them think about a statement from his 1977 @Journal_IS piece, "Arms Control and World Order" (which was actually the first ever article in IS).
jstor.org/stable/2538573…
The statement: "“The problem of world order is not that of how to move beyond the states system, but that of how to make it work”
Definitely something worth chewing on 🤔
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