Description: Fifteen scholars examine theoretical foundations and the practice of multilateralism in contemporary world affairs.
Review Quotes: "They say Cape Buffalo ward off predators by instinctive mobbing behaviour. Many buffalo will join to protect the herd. Among nations, this is called "multilateralism". It sounds co-operative and altruistic, but in practice can be narrow and cynical. Seeking Order In Anarchy examines the phenomenon with first-rate essays by political scientists. The book is timely, in an age of rising nationalism and a receding tide of free trade." [Full article at https: //www.blacklocks.ca/review-the-herd/]--Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter
"For those engaged in re-engineering Canada's foreign policy, Seeking Order in Anarchy: Multilateralism as State Strategy, a splendid volume edited by Robert W. Murray, offers helpful perspective... The authors highlight a distinctive Canadian scholarship of international relations-- literate, analytically acute.... And the great Canadian scholar Tom Keating contributes a fine set of conclusions seeking to reconcile and illuminate the idea and often imperfect practice of multilateralism."--David M. Malone, Literary Review of Canada