The document discusses changes in world order and global norms. It defines world order as the set of rules, norms, structures, and balance of power that shape how nations behave. It outlines different types of world orders such as unipolar, bipolar, and multipolar systems. Past world orders discussed include regional empires, Pax Britannica, and Pax Americana. The Western world order that emerged after WWII is defined as being led by US hegemony and sharing norms of democracy, rule of law, and free markets. Global norms are described as prescribing behavior and shared expectations between states. The document notes that norms also help define state identities and interests.

1. “Changes in World Order
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2. World order
What is the world order?
▰ Set of rules and norms, authority, power, structures that
shape behavioral patterns of nations, states
▰ Balance of power- unipolar, bipolar, multipolar
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3. World Order and Changes
▰ World order - some system, avoidance of chaos
▰ Changing world order - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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World Order
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UNIPOLAR =
1 STATE
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BIPOLAR =
2 STATES
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MULTIPOLAR =
SEVERAL
STATES
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ANARHY
CHAOS
What is a better version, except chaos?

5. Past world orders
▰ Regional empires
 Middle Eastern, Asian empires etc., Chinese empires
▰ Pax Britannica 1815-1914
 British empire, overseas colonialism in the world
▰ Pax Americana 1945-1991?
▰ 1945-1991- liberal world order 1.0?
▰ 1991-2015 - liberal world order 2.0?
▰ 2016 – and changes a new world order?
 Continuing Pax Americana?
 Pax Sinica?
 Anything else?
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6. World order
What is the Western world order?
▰ Post-World War II order = USA as the hegemonic power
▰ American and European interests blended Western World Order
▰ “West” refers to the following criteria: market economy, representative
democracy and the rule of law.
▰ Norms and institutions of the “system” — the International Monetary Fund,
the World Bank, NATO, et al. — created in accordance with this “order.”
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7. Global Norms
▰ Widespread definitions of norms focus on
 Behavior (behavior must be directed by norms)
 Prescription (as general prescriptions)
 Shared expectations (intersubjective understandings and
collective expectations)
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8. Global Norms
▰ Norms have “constitutive effects” (constitute the interest and
identity of the actor)
▰ E.g. the norm of sovereignty, regulates at the same time
 the interaction of states in international affairs
 defines what a state is
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9. Classic Power Pyramid
Classic
Pyramid
“Power Transistion Theory fo the 21st Century”, 2000, p.7.
Dominant
power
Great powers
Middle powers
Small powers
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10. Global Norms in a Changing World
▰ Post-modern systems – combinations and new systems
▰ Changes – how – explanations
 Modelski - evolution paradigm of change
 Organski – transition theory of change
 Integration - theories of change
 Federalism - theories of change
 Etc
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11. World Order and Changes
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