Part I: IntroductionChapter 1: Exploring International Institutions and Power Politics Anders Wivel and T.V. PaulPart II: Theorizing Power Politics and International InstitutionsChapter 2: Realist Institutionalism and the Institutional Mechanisms of Power Politics J. Samuel Barkin and Patricia A. WeitsmanChapter 3: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation of International Institutions Norrin M. RipsmanChapter 4: Pyrrhic Victory: A World of Liberal Institutions, Teeming with Tensions Georg SorensenChapter 5: Making Power Politics Great Again? Discursive Institutionalism and the Political Economy of World Politics after Globalization Ben RosamondPart III: The Processes of Power Politics and International InstitutionsChapter 6: Maximizing Security through International Institutions: Soft-Balancing Strategies Reconsidered Anders Wivel and T.V. Paul Chapter 7: The Power in Opacity: Rethinking Information in International Organizations Austin Carson and Alexander ThompsonChapter 8: Revisionists, Networks, and the Liberal Institutional Order Stacie GoddardPart IV: The Power Politics of Global and Regional InstitutionsChapter 9: Structural Modifiers, the Non-Proliferation Treaty Regime, and Fostering a Less Competitive International Environment Steven E. Lobell and Brad NicholsonChapter 10: The Power Politics of United Nations Peace Operations Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brule, Lou Pingeot, and Vincent PouliotChapter 11: Variable Geometry: Power and Institutions in the European Union John A. Hall and Frederic MerandPart V: ConclusionsChapter 12: The Dynamic Relations between Power Politics and Institutionalization: A Neo-Gramscian Intervention Annette Freyberg-InanChapter 13: International Order and Power Politics Daniel H. NexonReferences List of Contributors Index