Ascending Order

Rohan Mukherjee is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was previously Assistant Professor at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. He is a former Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the MIT Security Studies Program and non-resident Fellow at the United Nations University in Tokyo.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Conceptual foundations; 3. Institutional status theory; 4. The United States and the Atlantic system in the 19th century; 5. Japan and the Washington system of the interwar period; 6. India and the international order of the cold war; 7. China and the liberal international order; 8. Conclusion.

'In a world in transition, Rohan Mukherjee helps us understand when rising powers are likely to challenge the world order or cooperate. In this path-breaking book, Mukherjee shows that the answer lies in overlooked areas - their place and status in international institutions - and the psychology of identity.' Deborah Welch Larson, co-author of Quest for Status: Chinese and Russian Foreign Policy