Bringing together an outstanding group of thinkers, Worlds in Collision is the essential book for understanding the debate about the future of global order in the wake of international terrorism and the war in Afghanistan. When the victim of such horrific terror attacks happens to be the world's only superpower, the agenda is set for the future global order. This book will help readers understand the ways in which our worlds collided on September 11, 2001. Not only does it comprehensively address the first phase of the war against international terrorism, the book also looks at the wider regional and global ramifications. Worlds in Collision is ultimately about more than the war on terrorism, it concerns itself with the possibilities for re-shaping global order on the basis of new kinds of politics.Contributers: Ken Booth & Tim Dunne • Francis Fukuyama • Lawrence Freedman • Steve Smith • Desmond Ball • Thomas J. Bierstekker • Barry Buzan • Immanuel Wallerstein • James Der Derian • Michael Byers • Noam Chomsky • Robert O. Keohane • Michael Cox • Abdullahi A. An-Na'im • Avi Shlaim • William Maley • Amitav Acharya • C. Raja Mohan • Paul Rogers • Colin Gray • Fred Halliday • Benjamin Barber • Jean Bethke Elshtain • Bhikhu Parekh • Sissela Bok • Chris Brown • Andrew Linklater • Saskia Sassen • Richard Falk • Patricia Williams • Kenneth N. Waltz