Liberal Leviathan
Channel: New America
Date: 2011-09-08

Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. But in the last decade, the American-led order has been troubled. G. John Ikenberry, author of Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order, argues that the crisis that besets the American-led order is a crisis of authority. The forces that have triggered this crisis have resulted from the successful functioning and expansion of the postwar liberal order, not its breakdown. The liberal international order has encountered crises in the past and evolved as a result. It will do so again.

Participants:
G. John Ikenberry
Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Author, Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order

Moderator
Steve Clemons
Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
Senior Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation

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