We are living in an age where the pursuit of national advantage seems to reign supreme.
Alliances are buckling as countries put national interest first and resort to threats and the use of force. But for decades, Western democracies comforted themselves with the idea that we were better because we stood up for the rules-based order.
When the Cold War ended, progressive leaders like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair tried to reinforce that idea with new treaties and laws.
But in the past twenty years those ideas have faltered - China and Russia have defied assumptions about who is / was on the ‘right side of history’ and now, leaders like Donald Trump see political gold in ripping up the rulebook entirely.
So what even is the rules-based order? Why did we have it in the first place?
And with so many big powers, from the US to China, Russia, or India, ready to pursue their interests ruthlessly, does clinging to international law make you look principled or just naive?
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The global rulebook is falling apart.
We are living in an age where the pursuit of national advantage seems to reign supreme.
Alliances are buckling as countries put national interest first and resort to threats and the use of force. But for decades, Western democracies comforted themselves with the idea that we were better because we stood up for the rules-based order.
When the Cold War ended, progressive leaders like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair tried to reinforce that idea with new treaties and laws.
But in the past twenty years those ideas have faltered - China and Russia have defied assumptions about who is / was on the ‘right side of history’ and now, leaders like Donald Trump see political gold in ripping up the rulebook entirely.
So what even is the rules-based order? Why did we have it in the first place?
And with so many big powers, from the US to China, Russia, or India, ready to pursue their interests ruthlessly, does clinging to international law make you look principled or just naive?
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