In Global Political Economy and the Modern State System Tobias ten Brink contributes to an understanding of the modern state system, its conflicts, and its transformation. In contrast to the political attractiveness of optimistic theoretical approaches to globalisation, this book demonstrates how an analytical approach rooted in Global Political Economy (GPE) helps to explain both the tendencies towards integration and towards rivalry in international relations. By way of a historical reconstruction of different ‘world order’ phases in the twentieth century, ten Brink analyses multiple, phase-specific variations of socioeconomic and geopolitical conflicts that are significant for the modern capitalist world system.

在《全球政治经济学与现代国家体系》中，Tobias ten Brink为理解现代国家体系、其冲突及其转变做出了贡献。与乐观的全球化理论方法的政治吸引力相比，本书展示了植根于全球政治经济学（GPE）的分析方法如何有助于解释国际关系中的一体化和竞争趋势。通过对20世纪不同 "世界秩序 "阶段的历史重建，Ten Brink分析了对现代资本主义世界体系具有重要意义的社会经济和地缘政治冲突的多种特定阶段性变化。