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Is contemporary international order truly a secular arrangement? William Bain challenges this narrative by arguing that modern theories of international order reflect ideas that originate in medieval theology.

Order and theology -- Rival conceptions of order : immanent and imposed -- Renaissance, reformation, and the road to Westphalia -- Martin Luther and the theology of the two kingdoms -- Hugo Grotius and the God of international society -- Thomas Hobbes and the divine politics of Anarchy -- Political theology I : system, anarchy, balance of power -- Political theology II : society, law, constitution -- International order beneath an empty sky.

1. The medieval contribution to modern international relations / William Bain -- 2. The medieval and the international : a strange case of mutual neglect / Nicholas Rengger -- 3. Metaphysics and the problem of international order / C.J.C. Pickstock -- 4. Secularism in question : Hugo Grotius's 'impious hypothesis' again / Francis Oakley -- 5. Between false-universalism and radical-particularism : thoughts on Thomas Hobbes and international relations / Joshua Mitchell -- 6. The medieval Roman and canon law origins of international law / Joseph Canning -- 7. Then and now : the medieval conception of just war versus recent portrayals of the just war idea / James Turner Johnson -- 8. Humanitarian intervention in a world of sovereign states : the Grotian dilemma / James Muldoon -- 9. The medieval and early modern legacy of rights : the rights to punish and to property / Camilla Boisen and David Boucher -- 10. International relations and the 'modern' Middle Ages : rival theological theorisations of international order / Adrian Pabst.

By exploring the many differing conceptions of security, this study explains how the idea of security in world affairs can be understood in relation to other ideas and points of view. It tackles the key questions in the debate such as: What norms of sovereignty relate to security? Does security necessarily follow from the recognition of identity?

This is an accessible new examination of what 'security' means today, contextualizing the term amongst other key ideas, such as the nation state, diplomacy, war and autonomy. By exploring the many differing conceptions of security, this study clearly explains how the idea of security in world affairs can be understood in relation to other ideas and points of view. It shows how, when standing alone, the word 'security' is meaningless, or just an empty term, when divorced from other ideas distinctive to international life. This essential new volume tackles the key questions in the deba.

This innovative study rescues the normative discourse of trusteeship from the obscurity into which it has fallen since decolonization. It traces the development of trusteeship from its emergence out of debates concerning the misrule of the East India Company

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