ABSTRACT
Should international society take a more covenantal turn, what would it look like? How can the interests of civil society, the need for governance, and the problem of combating inhumane policies and behaviors be reconciled at the international level? Policy priorities will always be in a state of flux, and policy-making requires prudence and close attention to context. However, there are a number of general policy categories I focused on in previous chapters, namely economic development, global governance, and armed conflict. In this chapter, I return to these areas to show how the covenantal paradigm provides a firmer theoretical foundation for policy solutions in these areas than contractual liberalism or conventional forms of realism.
