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Book Talk | The Once and Future World Order
Amitav Acharya in conversation with Trita Parsi.
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What if the “end of Western dominance” isn’t catastrophe, but rather a chance to build a fairer global system?
Spanning five millennia, from ancient Sumer and India to medieval caliphates and Eurasian empires, Acharya demonstrates that world order long predates the modern West. Humanitarian norms, economic interdependence, and rules of inter-state conduct emerged across civilizations, suggesting that order can endure, and even improve, as power diffuses beyond Washington and Brussels. Far from a prelude to disorder, the decline of Western primacy may open space for a more plural and equitable system in which non-Western nations gain voice, power, and prosperity.
As social unrest and great-power rivalry unsettle today’s landscape, this discussion reframes the future: why narratives of inevitable chaos are historically wrong, how non-Western traditions of order have been erased, and what cooperation in a truly multipolar world might look like.
November 2025
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12:00 PM ET
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Join us for a timely and important discussion with:
Amitav Acharya
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges & Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service, American University. Previously he was a Professor at York University, Toronto and the University of Bristol, U.K. He is currently Honorary Professor, Rhodes University & Professor Extraordinarius, University of Pretoria.
Trita Parsi (Moderator)
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute. He was the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order and was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy in Washington D.C. in both 2021 and 2022. Parsi is an expert on the geopolitics of the Middle East.
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