Can status competition solve the climate crisis? Most IR treats status as a destabilizing force. I ask instead whether its motivating power can be redirected to behavior no less competitive, but considerably more beneficial toward solving global problems.

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Just signed a contract with Cornell UP for my book, Dilemmas of Recognition in World Politics (title may change). Many to thank, and the book acknowledgement will be quite long, but for now ...