The liberal order and its contestations
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If it's true that liberalism and American power have profoundly contributed to shaping our world, producing and defining the so-called liberal international order, then we can say that a new era is emerging: the world of tomorrow will be post-, or less liberal, and it will be post-, or less American. A Special Issue of The International Spectator examines the internal fissures and external pressure points that are making the liberal edifice reel.