A long neglected concept in the field of international relations and political theory, hospitality provides a new framework for analysing many of the challenges in world politics today, from the search for peaceable relations between states to asylum and refugee crises.

Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction PART I: ON THE ORIGINS OF MODERN HOSPITALITY 1. Leviathan's Children: On the Origins of Modern Hospitality; Haig Patapan 2. Right of Entry or Right of Refusal? Hospitality in the Law of Nature and Nations; Gideon Baker 3. From Hospitality to the Right of Immigration in the Law of Nations: 1750-1850; Georg Cavallar PART II: THE ETHICS OF GLOBAL HOSPITALITY 4. Between Naturalism and Cosmopolitan Law: Hospitality as Transitional Global Justice; Garrett Wallace Brown 5. The Wolf at the Door: Hospitality and the Outlaw in International Relations; Renee Jeffery 6. Be Welcome: Religion, Hospitality and Statelessness in International Politics; Erin K. Wilson PART III: UNDERSTANDING HOSPITALITY IN WORLD POLITICS: SOCIAL-THEORETICAL APPROACHES 7. Relative Strangers: Reflections on Hospitality, Social Distance, and Diplomacy; Nicholas Onuf 8. Reservations on Hospitality: Contact and Vulnerability in Kant and Indigenous Action; Jimmy Casas Klausen 9. Conducting Strangers: Hospitality and Governmentality in the Global City; Dan Bulley