Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice Emeritus at Princeton University, USA where he was a member of the faculty for 40 years. Since 2002 he has been a Research Professor at the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He has been Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestine for the UN Human Rights Council since 2008, and served on a panel of experts appointed by the President of the UN General Assembly, 2008-2009.

Part One: General Contours (Re)imagining Global Governance 1. Nonviolent Geopolitics 2. Humane Global Governance or World Government 3. Appropriating Normative Politics 4. The Future of International Law Part Two: The Global Imperative 6. Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons 7. 9/11 & 9/12 + 10 8. The Promise and Perils of Global Democracy 9. Illusions of UN Reform Part Three: Beyond Politics 10. Anarchism without Anarchism: Searching for Progressive Politics 11. Is it Possible to Live Together Well on Planet Earth: Interrogating the Israel/Palestine Conflict 12. Shall We Revive the World Order Models Project (WOMP)? Exploring Horizons of Desire in the Early 21st Century