In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States
engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order
building the world had yet seen. This liberal international order
has been one of the most successful in history in providing
security and prosperity to more people. But in the last decade, the
American-led order has been troubled. Some argue that the Bush
administration, with its war on terror, invasion of Iraq, and
unilateral orientation, undermined this liberal order. Others argue
that we are witnessing the end of the American era. "Liberal
Leviathan" engages these debates.
G. John Ikenberry argues that the crisis that besets the
American-led order is a crisis of authority. A political struggle
has been ignited over the distribution of roles, rights, and
authority within the liberal international order. But the deeper
logic of liberal order remains alive and well. The forces that have
triggered this crisis--the rise of non-Western states such as
China, contested norms of sovereignty, and the deepening of
economic and security interdependence--have resulted from the
successful functioning and expansion of the postwar liberal order,
not its breakdown. The liberal international order has encountered
crises in the past and evolved as a result. It will do so
again.
Ikenberry provides the most systematic statement yet about the
theory and practice of the liberal international order, and a
forceful message for policymakers, scholars, and general readers
about why America must renegotiate its relationship with the rest
of the world and pursue a more enlightened strategy--that of the
liberal leviathan.
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