What Liberal World Order?

As global power has shifted from the West to the 'rest', the liberal world order has become an increasingly contested idea.

Liberal democracy is in crisis where it was long thought most securely established. In both Western Europe and the United States, polls suggest voters are losing faith in democratic institutions.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Munich Security Report 2017: 'Post-Truth, Post-West, Post-Order?' http://www.europeansources.info/record/munich-security-report-2017-post-truth-post-west-post-order/

ESO: Background information: 2017 seen as turning point for liberal democracies http://www.europeansources.info/record/2017-seen-as-turning-point-for-liberal-democracies/

Carnegie Europe, 21.06.18: Comparing Democratic Distress in the United States and Europe https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/06/21/comparing-democratic-distress-in-united-states-and-europe-pub-76646

LSE European Institute: EuroppBlog, 11.07.18: Breaking the populism ‘doom loop’ http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2018/07/11/breaking-the-populism-doom-loop/

European Council on Foreign Relations: Policy Brief, May 2018: Can Europe save the world order? (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/can-europe-save-the-world-order/

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