This book examines how the academic discipline of International Relations has
conceptualized the world historical crisis that has shaped world affairs between
the end of the First World War and the end of the 1990s. A distinguished group
of contributors trace the development of the subject through the main historical
periods and in relation to key debates: ethics, power and nationalism;
conditions of peace; law and peaceful change; and globalization. It provides the
most comprehensive survey of the discipline's past and the key issues to be
faced in the future.