Bobo Lo is an independent international relaions analyst. He is a non-resident fellow with the Lowry Institute, Sydney, and an associate research fellow at the French Institute of International Relations. He was previously Director of the China and Russia programmes at the Centre for European Reform in London, and Head of the Russia and Eurasia programmme at Chatham House. His books include A Wary Embrace: What the China–Russia Relationship Means for the World (2017) and Russia and the New World Disorder (2015).

• Prologue: A parable of global disorderIntroduction1. The rise and fall of the liberal order2. A world disorder3. Principles of a new internationalism4. The United States, China, and the making of a twenty-first-century relationship5. Powers in flux: adapting to change6. Flexible multilateralism7. Thinking beyond the stateEpilogue: Tomorrow's world

Bobo Lo has written an ambitious and compelling book. It is a substantive and sophisticated analysis of the current geopolitical crises, and an elegant extended essay on the prospects for a new twenty-first-century global order. This is essential reading for policymakers focused on revitalizing internationalism and those considering new mechanisms for collective problem solving.