Introduction: from interdependence and institutions to globalization and governance / International institutions: can interdependence work? ; International liberalism reconsidered ; Hobbe's dilemma and institutional change in world politics: sovereignty in international society / Risk, threat, and security institutions / International relations and international law: two optics / Concept of legalization / Legalized dispute resolution: interstate and transnational / Governance in a globalizing world ; Club model of multilateral cooperation and problems of democratic legitimacy / Governance in a partially globalized world ; Globalization of informal violence, theories of world politics, and the "liberalism of fear"