Dr Hans Kochler, the philosopher and UN appointed international observer has published a volume of papers encompassing his post-cold war publications on global power.

"World Order: Vision and Reality" incorporates around three dozen articles and analyses written by Hans Köchler, dealing with issues of the global balance of power, the consequences of globalization, questions of international democracy and United Nations reform, the “global war on terror,” international justice versus power politics, and the paradigm of the “clash of civilizations.”

"The essays are arranged according to a thematic sequence from general aspects of international relations theory to applied questions of international politics," the publishers advised.

"In the preface, the author explains what motivated him to publish this volume of collected papers: “Periods of global change are often seized as ‘moment of ideology’ by those who see themselves as beneficiaries of the new constellation and are tempted to monopolize the discourse on ‘justice,’ ‘democracy,’ ‘human rights’ for the sole purpose of perpetuating a situation they perceive as advantageous in terms of the power equation.” The essays in this book try to unravel that ideology and to create an alternative vision of a just and democratic world order."