Bound to Retreat? U.S. Disengagement from the Liberal International Order Beyond Trump
摘要
The U.S. withdrawal from the Liberal International Order and its underpinning institutions is commonly assumed to be a Trump-specific phenomenon. The paper argues that treating Trump as an aberration risks overlooking the broader challenge posed by structural forces that drove the U.S. away from the Liberal International Order already before Trump and will likely continue to do so after his presidency. It illustrates this argument in the cases of NATO and the WTO.