The current crisis of the international order cannot be referred only to the liberal concept of globalisation. It is also a crisis of a certain model and ideas of order, which ¿ as a result of the financial and migration crisis in Europe ¿ were invalidated by reality and must be reconsidered.
The aim of this book is to present how contemporary European states attempt to be active actors, responding to the crisis of the international order, in divergent and sometimes contradictory ways. This phenomenon inevitably leads to the undermining of many existing cooperation mechanisms, but on the other hand, it also reveals the limitations in terms of the state actions.

Marek Aleksander Cichocki is Research Director at the Natolin European Centre (Poland), Professor of International Relations at the Collegium Civitas and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Natolin.

Introduction (Marek Cichocki) - The crisis of liberalism vs. the future of the global order (Marek Cichocki) - Crisis and adjustment. The liberal order in Europe from the perspective of Poland (Olaf Osica) - The crisis of the West in the light of Arnold Toynbee's conception (Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse) - Germany and the decade of the crisis - 2008-2017 (Ryszarda Formuszewicz) - Immigration and public trust: Lessons for Poland from Brexit Britain (Daniel Tilles) - Liberal democracy in the country of Jacobins (Marcin Darmas) - Can States Think? Political Counsel in the Times of Crisis (Olaf Osica) - Politicisation and the sudden end of the consensus. The European migrant crisis in 2015 vs. Polish immigration policy (Artur Wolek) - Conflict over the rule of law between the Polish government and the European Commission as an example of a multifaceted crisis in the EU (Marek Cichocki) - Polish political parties towards the European Union and its crises (Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse) - Public policy in the age of the Crisis of the West - conclusions for Poland (Marcin Kedzierski)