It has certainly been a super busy year for the author of The Once and Future World Order. The highlight must be the publication of my oped on the book in New York Times on 8 April, the very same day when the book was released in New York – an extraordinary coincidence and privilege.
The book has been reviewed in New York Times; Foreign Affairs;
Christian Science Monitor; Hindustan Times, & The Wire, among others. A forum on the book in International Affairs which also named it as one of the “Top 10 books in its Christmas reading list 2025”
I have since written drawing on the book for Foreign Policy; The World Today; and Ethics and International Affairs.
Interviews: Die Zeit; Times of India.
Accolades:
Foreign Policy “Most Anticipated Books of 2025;”
Christian Science Monitor “Best Books of April 2025”; Top ten books for Christmas in International Affairs.
Podcasts with A Book with Legs; Diplomatic Immunity; and Blue Blaze.
The book has done much better globally than in US where its argument for a less US-dominated world order predictably attracted the wrath of a right-wing Wall Street Journal reviewer (also affiliated with Heritage) while the paper refused to publish my rejoinder.
The British and international edition of the book by John Murray publishing will appear on pocketbook paperback in April 2026.
I have given 3 dozen book talks: highlights available in the web include:
Panel Discussion: ‘The nature of post-Western order’ with Prof Amitav Acharya
Panel Discussion: ‘The nature of post-Western… | Oxford Martin School
Quincy Institute in Washington DC:
Book Talk | The Once and Future World Order – Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Stimson Center:
Book talks in Wellington, Pretoria, New Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Kyoto, Seoul, Oxford, Cambridge, Berlin, London so far, with Paris and Harvard forthcoming.
So far translation rights have been secured around the world
Italian – Fazi
Spanish – Ediciones de Intervencion
Portuguese – Planeta Do Brasil
Russian – Goods4You
Korean – Book21
Vietnamese – Quang Van
Chinese – CITIC
As we enter the New Year, watch out for my cover story in the Jan issue Foreign Policy Magazine titled: “The World Minus Once” – an idea I floated few weeks after Trump.2 started
Multiplex World: Once & Future World Order 