Chapter Resilient or Obsolete? Reflections on the Liberal World Order and its Crisis
Journal: Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation)
Year: 2022

From its beginnings, in the aftermath of the first post-war period, the liberal order has significantly changed the texture, actors and tones of international politics, aiming to create institutions and rules that harnessed the forces that for centuries led political communities to wage war. Never fully realized, the liberal order has produced the most significant network of connections between societies, going so far as to make war unlikely in the areas where it has established itself most prof