![]() What is international order? The first page of Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update warned “Confidence in the rules-based global order is being undermined by disruptions from a widening range of sources.” The introduction to the Biden administration’s new National Security Strategy states “We are in the midst of a strategic competition to shape the future of the international order.” And in their joint statement earlier this year, China and Russia noted that “The sides intend to strongly uphold the outcomes of the Second World War and the existing post-war world order.” ![]() On the contrary: international order is real, it is important and, if it’s not defended, we’re going to miss it when it’s gone. Some argue that international order is anachronistic, others that it has fragmented, and still others that liberal order never really existed in the first place. ![]() International order is a concept much invoked and seldom defined, and even less often is it explained. ![]()
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