Empire and nationality in the Pax Britannica. The collective mind of Anglophone dominion -- National state formation and informal imperialism -- Internationalism and national self-determination -- The crusade for democracy and world politics. The making of disciplinary social science -- A world made safe for democracy -- Atlantic synthesis in international relations -- Cold War discipline in international relations. Compromise and confrontation in the nuclear age -- The ideology of Western supremacy as normal science -- A Marshall Plan for the social sciences -- The Pax Americana and national liberation. New states and nation-building -- Intervention and regime change -- Soviet and Third World assimilation of the nation-state form -- The crisis of international discipline. Global ethics, IPE and the postmodern quandary -- The turn to coercive global governance -- Western supremacy in crisis.