Description
This paper takes the bicentennial of IR as an opportunity to consider the influence of Hedley Bull on the research agenda of the field. One of his ideas, called “new medievalism” has in the 21st century become a reference for analysis of the role of non-state actors in IR. This chapter argues that “new medievalism” is a good basis for analysis of the role of diverse sorts of political actors as well as condition of public authority and its impact on global order. New medievalism describes the transformation of power and authority within the 21st century in terms of polycentrism. This chapter aims to investigate this claim in the context of three basic dynamics of contemporary world politics: order, power and authority, and politics. The expected result of this investigation will be to sketch a holistic agenda of historical as well as empirical and foresight research based on this concept.
