Long Live the Liberal Order
No matter how chaotic the world today might look, the liberal world order is the only way forward The recent meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia underscored the importance of the liberal international order. Both countries made a firm commitment to work together on a range of issues and emphasized the healthy spirit of competition. This development, apart from concurrent events, do indicate that although the liberal order appeared to be showing signs of fatigue, earlier this year, it has found relevance once again. In February this year, when the world was slowly emerging from the horrors of Coronavirus and its ensuing global economic disruptions, the international community found itself grappling with a monumental challenge. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with tacit support from China reignited a recurrent theme in the international relations discourse. And how can one forget China’s spectacular ...