As the US flees another lost war, what will remain of its liberal international order?

15 August 2021 - 00:00 By ISMAIL LAGARDIEN

When the US set out to create a postwar liberal international order, it had to be underpinned by three things. The US had to provide leadership, be the lender of last resort and ensure the stability of the order with the threat or actual use of military force...

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