World Order
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A World Order is an political arrangement that is a global arrangement.
- Example(s):
- a Congress of Vienna-based one.
- a post–World War II order, such as a Cold War-based World Order (Cold War) and a US-dominated Liberal World Order.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- the European Middle Ages (between the 5th and 15th centuries).
- See: Anarchy in International Relations, International Relations, International Law.
References
2019
- (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/world_order Retrieved:2019-2-17.
- World order is an international-relations term meaning "the distribution of power and authority among the political actors on the global stage." [1] Besides this, world order may refer to:
- ↑ Richard Falk, "World Orders, Old and New," Current History, 98/624: (January 1999), p 29.
2019
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2019-02-12/future-liberal-order-conservative
- QUOTE: The liberal world order is in peril. Seventy-five years after the United States helped found it, this global system of alliances, institutions, and norms is under attack like never before. From within, the order is contending with growing populism, nationalism, and authoritarianism. Externally, it faces mounting pressure from a pugnacious Russia and a rising China. At stake is the survival of not just the order itself but also the unprecedented economic prosperity and peace it has nurtured.
2018
- https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-12-11/how-world-order-ends
- QUOTE: ... The global order built in the aftermath of World War II consisted of two parallel orders for most of its history. One grew out of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. At its core was a rough balance of military strength in Europe and Asia, backed up by nuclear deterrence. The two sides showed a degree of restraint in their rivalry. “Rollback”—Cold War parlance for what today is called “regime change”—was rejected as both infeasible and reckless. Both sides followed informal rules of the road that included a healthy respect for each other’s backyards and allies. Ultimately, they reached an understanding over the political order within Europe, the principal arena of Cold War competition, and in 1975 codified that mutual understanding in the Helsinki Accords. Even in a divided world, the two power centers agreed on how the competition would be waged; theirs was an order based on means rather than ends. That there were only two power centers made reaching such an agreement easier.
The other post–World War II order was the liberal order that operated alongside the Cold War order. Democracies were the main participants in this effort, which used aid and trade to strengthen ties and fostered respect for the rule of law both within and between countries. The economic dimension of this order was designed to bring about a world (or, more accurately, the non-communist half of it) defined by trade, development, and well-functioning monetary operations. Free trade would be an engine of economic growth and bind countries together so that war would be deemed too costly to wage; the dollar was accepted as the de facto global currency. ...
- QUOTE: ... The global order built in the aftermath of World War II consisted of two parallel orders for most of its history. One grew out of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. At its core was a rough balance of military strength in Europe and Asia, backed up by nuclear deterrence. The two sides showed a degree of restraint in their rivalry. “Rollback”—Cold War parlance for what today is called “regime change”—was rejected as both infeasible and reckless. Both sides followed informal rules of the road that included a healthy respect for each other’s backyards and allies. Ultimately, they reached an understanding over the political order within Europe, the principal arena of Cold War competition, and in 1975 codified that mutual understanding in the Helsinki Accords. Even in a divided world, the two power centers agreed on how the competition would be waged; theirs was an order based on means rather than ends. That there were only two power centers made reaching such an agreement easier.