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Afterword
from Part IV - Counterpoint
- By Glenda Sluga
Edited by Peter Jackson, University of Glasgow, William Mulligan, University College Dublin, Glenda Sluga, European University Institute, Florence
Book:

Peacemaking and International Order after the First World War

Published online:

18 May 2023

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01 June 2023, pp 407-414
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Summary

Much like the dissolving international order confronting us, the concept of an international order is neither easily graspable nor predetermined, but it has provoked a range of theories and methods often depending on the international disciplines – law, politics, history. That said, while international relations scholars – whose own craft can be traced back to 1919 – became the proponents of its importance, historians in general have tended to avoid the term ‘international order’. Why have historians not directly and systematically engaged with the past of international order, or even the idea that it has a past? This afterword considers this question in the context of the significance of historical understanding of more commonly (and implicitly) studied national orders, and how historical interest in the international has significantly shifted over the last century.