The arrival of the multi-order world and its geopolitical implications

By Trine Flockhart

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2026

Overview

Flockhart advocates shifting our lens from a ‘multi-polar’ to a ‘multi-order’ world politics. In recognising the parallel existence of multiple global orders, she argues, we can better appreciate how cultural diversity and power dynamics combine to constitute specific orders - and shape the relations within and among them.

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