IR Theory, Historical Analogy, and Major Power War

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The book presents an "alternative realist" approach to understanding major power wars by critiquing traditional concepts like "polarity" and "sovereign" decision-making. It introduces the idea of "highly uneven polycentrism" and employs a comparative historical method to analyze the pre-World War I, pre-World War II, and Cold War eras alongside the contemporary post-Cold War landscape. The author argues for the necessity of multilateral diplomacy by the US to prevent a polarized global system, advocating for innovative power-sharing and joint sovereignty arrangements.