The geopolitical vision of a West on the defensive, which must arm itself "to face its enemies", is in tune with the maps of Moscow and Beijing. There are no favorable winds for liberal internationalism in the world.
The world described by Hobbes prevails where anarchy prevails, writes Peter Bergen. “Can the United States save the liberal order by illiberal means?” asks Professor Hal Brands, in the latest issue of the American magazine Foreign Affairs (FA) “The Age of Amorality,” Brands is the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. ‘A foreign policy that raises international living standards through trade, addresses global problems such as food insecurity and remains firm against war between great powers serves the cause of human dignity very well,’ concludes the FA note - A foreign policy that raises world living standards and addresses food insecurity serves theCause of human Dignity very well.