ABOUT NATO & THE GLOBAL ENDURING DISORDER

We no longer inhabit a world governed by international coordination, a unified NATO bloc, or an American hegemon. Traditionally, the decline of one empire leads to a restoration in the balance of power, via a struggle among rival systems of order. Yet this dynamic is surprisingly absent today. The world seems to have gone directly from a hegemonic US-led international system to an interregnum in the global order. Jason Pack argues in Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder (Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2022) that the traditional phase of multipolarity—or restoration of the balance of power, or even a struggle among rival systems of order has been skipped. Instead, the superpowers have all, at times, sought to promote the ‘Enduring Disorder’. The NATO & the Global Enduring Disorder Project picks up where Pack’s recent book left off. It goes beyond analysing individual countries or conflicts to explore the larger trend lines in globalisation and geopolitics in the 21st century. It presents a conceptual lens to inform Western policymaking in this new non-multipolar world. It also seeks to propose solutions to the most pressing collective action challenges facing the West and highlight the role that an evolving NATO alliance can play as a coordination vehicle.

The NATO & the Global Enduring Disorder project examines the changing world order through a regular podcast and a series of other publications led by Jason Pack in partnership with the NATO Defense College Foundation, whose experts and content will frequently be featured. The project is also the originator of the Disorder Podcast, hosted by Goalhanger Podcasts.

The project is the creation of Jason Pack, who will host the podcast and whose team will generate and curate the content in collaboration with our partner organisations and project area leads.

Jason is the Founder of Libya-Analysis LLC and the non-profit Eye on ISIS, which creates the Libya Security Monitor. His most recent book, Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder (Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2022) explores what Libya’s dysfunctional economic structures, its ongoing civil war, and the lack of a coordinated international response to the chaos in the country reveal about broader patterns in 21st century geopolitics. His analysis and opinion articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Spectator, Newsweek, The Financial Times, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. Jason is a frequent commentator on the BBC, France 24, CNN, VOA, and Al Jazeera, and has appeared on podcasts including The Bunker, Doomsday Watch, Leonard Lopate, and America Trends.