I. Introduction: Understanding polarity in theory and history, description of the content of sections and chapters. (Bertel Heurlin, Nina Graeger, Ole Waever, Anders Wivel)
II. Polarity in the liberal international order (Charles Kupchan, Robert Lieber, Peter Kurrild Klitgaard, Andre Ken Jakobsen, Rasmus Gjedsso Bertelsen)
III. Polarity and the US-China problematique (Camilla Sorensen, Anders Forsby, Bertel Heurlin)
IV. Polarity, institutions and domestic politics (Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Eliza Gheorghe, Stuart Kaufman, Barbara Kunz)
V. Polarity and foreign policy (Kai He, Hans Mouritzen, Anders Wivel and Revecca Pedi, Henrik Larsen)
VI. Contextualizing polarity (Oystein Tunsjo, Peter Toft, Sten Rynning, Carsten Jensen, Georg Sorensen)
VII. The future of polarity (William Wohlforth, Randall Schweller)
VIII. Conclusion (Bertel Heurlin, Nina Graeger, Ole Waever, Anders Wivel)
