This masterful elucidation of Adler's seminal work on world ordering and cognitive evolution is a significant, independent contribution to vigorous debates about global orders. It features uniformly outstanding chapters that articulate meta-theoretical, conceptual and analytic-normative arguments while rethinking and extending different aspects of Adler's far-reaching work. Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University

This is a volume that only Emanuel Adler could inspire.  One of the unheralded effects of Adler's distinguish career has been his ability to provoke, challenge, and energize those near and far to push the limits of their thinking and see a world filled with the patterns and contingencies.   This remarkable collection of essays is much more than a festshrift.  It shows how Adler's work, and his masterpiece, World Ordering, continue to plant the seeds for the wondrously unexpected. Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University