Tag: liberal order

There isn’t One Way of Doing Liberal International Order, and that Might be Cause for Alarm

By Dan Nexon

In international affairs

On November 4, 2019

This is a longish post from that I put up yesterday at the book website. Regular readers will notice that I hit on a number of themes, as well as specific ideas, that I’ve developed at LGM. Many discussions about the end of “liberal international order” play out in extremely stylized (one might even say […]

Hegemonic Unravelling

Sweating the “Small Stuff” of Progressive Internationalism

By Dan Nexon

On September 24, 2019

Discussions of liberal orientations in U.S. foreign policy often quickly escalate into debates about the use of force, hypocrisy, and the status of “The Liberal International Order.” These

Trump

Not the Onion: Liberal Order Edition

By Dan Nexon

On December 4, 2018

If Pompeo sounds like he’s trying to gaslight the world, it’s probably because he is. Donald Trump is building a new world order upheld by American leadership and democracy, his sec

On American Hegemony, Part III: Time for Some (Non-Game) Theory

By Dan Nexon

In foreign policy

On August 4, 2018

Whether they know it or not, those discussing American hegemony—or one of its synonyms—draw upon an extensive body of historical and theoretical scholarship. This scholarship comes in various flavors, such as power-transition theory and hegemonic-stability theory. These theories are not identical. But, aside from one major exception, we can treat them as part of an […]

General

Russian 2016 Electoral Interference Was Just Proof of Concept

By Dan Nexon

On July 17, 2018

In yesterday’s post about Trump-Russia, I suggested that Americans, in general, need to update their baseline assumption “that international affairs happen ‘externally’ and affect camp

foreign policy

Trump in Brussels: The Story So Far

By Dan Nexon

On July 11, 2018

We need a formal name for the notion that, over time, Trump’s behavior tends toward being indistinguishable from that of someone working on behalf of Moscow. It seems like more than a corollary

Xi Jinping’s China, Trumpism, and International Order

By Dan Nexon

In General

On October 22, 2017

Noah Smith argues that China’s a bigger economic power than the United States. In Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, which Smith does a nice job of explaining, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is already likely higher than that of the United States. And, at comparative growth rates that don’t seem unreasonable given macroeconomic conditions, China’s […]

General

The “Burn Our Own House Down” Grand Strategy

By Dan Nexon

On January 22, 2017

I have a piece in today’s Newsday on the swirling fog around Trump foreign policy. LGM regulars won’t see much new in it, but I do talk briefly about states that might be more optimisti