| Author (Person) | Dworkin, Anthony, Leonard, Mark |
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| Publisher | European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) |
| Series Title | Policy Brief |
| Series Details | May 2018 |
| Publication Date | 24/05/2018 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog, Report |
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In this Policy Brief issued in May 2018 the authors asked whether the liberal rules-based international order was under threat. The EU should place its defence at the centre of its global strategy. Further information + The liberal rules-based order was under threat from both established opponents and former supporters. Europe had a vital interest in the preservation of a rules-based system, but it needed to rethink the elements of that order for a new global environment. + The European Union could best support a rules-based order by ensuring its continuity at home; supporting liberal values abroad through the use of European economic power and alliances with like-minded states; and adjusting its strategy to protect the order’s core elements in an era in which illiberal states had growing power. + A sustainable vision of international order would acknowledge the value of sovereignty at the national and European levels, while offsetting this with a commitment to developing new global norms where necessary and to enhancing the role of non-state actors. This approach would help tie multilateralism to the defence of Europe’s interests and values. + The EU should put the defence of a redesigned rules-based order at the centre of its global strategy, and back it up by strengthening Europe’s financial independence and security capacity. + The EU should also prioritise efforts to compensate for the global diplomacy deficit that US President Donald Trump’s policies have created. |
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| Source Link | http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/can_europe_save_the_world_order.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations, Values and Beliefs |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, United States |
