liberal international order

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The liberal international order is a post–World War II system of global governance characterized by multilateral institutions, open markets, and rules-based cooperation among states, especially led by Western democracies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international order
political concept
theoretical framework in international relations
associatedWithTheory liberalism in international relations
neoliberal institutionalism
challengedBy Russia
nationalist foreign policies
populist movements in Western states
rising powers such as China
consolidatedDuring Cold War
corePrinciple economic openness
institutionalized dispute settlement
multilateral cooperation among states
promotion of liberal democracy
respect for international law
rules-based international governance
criticizedFor Western dominance
interventionism
neoliberal economic bias
unequal power relations
debatedBy international relations scholars
debatedIssue whether it is in crisis or decline
economicDimension Bretton Woods system
capitalist market economy
trade liberalization
emergedAfter World War II
expandedAfter end of the Cold War
hasCharacteristic liberal democratic
multilateral
open-market oriented
rules-based
historicalRoot Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
interwar liberal internationalism
institutionalizedIn European Union
International Monetary Fund
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
linked to: NATO

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
linked to: OECD

United Nations
World Bank
World Trade Organization
keyConceptIn debates on U.S. hegemony
global governance studies
post–Cold War international relations
ledBy United States
normativeGoal economic development
prevention of great-power war
promotion of human rights
spread of democracy
securityDimension U.S.-led alliance system
collective security arrangements
supportedBy Australia
Canada
European Union member states
Japan
New Zealand
Western democracies
linked to: Western governments
timePeriod post–World War II era

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G. John Ikenberry knownFor liberal world order
linked to: liberal international order
In Defense of Decadent Europe associatedWith Western liberal order
linked to: liberal international order
Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order arguesThat the United States built a liberal international order after World War II
linked to: liberal international order
A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order mainSubject liberal internationalism
linked to: liberal international order