Review article
https://doi.org/10.20901/pm.58.1.05
The Twilight of the Liberal International Order, The Dialectic of Political Mechanics and the New Westphalian System for the 21st Century
Neven Cvetićanin
orcid.org/0000-0001-6714-5464
; Institut društvenih nauka, Beograd
Marko Mandić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-6798
; Institut društvenih nauka, Beograd
Abstract
The authors of this paper offer an overview and analysis of the rise and fall of the liberal international order that emerged after the end of the Cold War and along with the rising power of the United States. The foreign policy agenda of the post-Cold War sole superpower was guided by the idea of creating a global order based on the ideology of liberalism, which incorporates theories of liberal peace, democratic peace and neoliberal institutionalism. The establishment of a liberal order has been accompanied by numerous political, social, economic and security crises. The current era is characterized by the rise of the relative power of global actors, primarily China and Russia, as the main challengers to the world domination of the United States, geopolitical revisionism and ideological struggle around the world. The authors of this paper use the dialectic of political mechanics as a method that relies on the teachings of Friedrich Hegel on the dialectic of history and Carl Schmitt on the phenomenon of the political. The authors advocate the view that the political field “permanently pulsates”, which, in everything that is social and political, necessarily creates action and reaction.
Keywords
Liberal International Order; Dialectic of Political Mechanics; Friend/Enemy; International Relations; Westphalian System
Hrčak ID:
255600
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Publication date:
12.4.2021.
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