A turning point for the better or for the worse? The current outlook for international order

Abstract

As at the end of the Cold War, today there is no desirable or superior alternative to a universal liberal international order. However, a liberal order is not automatic and today we are at a major turning point where we face two alternative scenarios: a turn for the worse or a turn for the better. The crisis in Iraq underscores the need to reaffirm and strengthen the democratic liberal international order. Concludes that the chances of a turn for the better are higher than those of a turn for the worse, i.e. the strengthening of the liberal international order is more likely than its disintegration and breakdown. There is a need for new initiatives, solidarities, consensus, intellectual and political leadership from all the countries that share the same vision of a universal order. It must, however, be a “voluntarist” endeavor.

Citation

Hieronymi, O. (2004), "A turning point for the better or for the worse? The current outlook for international order", Foresight, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 204-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636680410554665