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Maintaining the Rules-Based International Order: How Europe can Stand up to the Superpowers as an Alliance of Small States

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: When Western voices described the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 as an attack on the "rules-based" or "liberal" international order, it was always implied that it was Western states, and the USA in particular, that safeguarded international law after the Second World War. However, it was primarily Afro-Asian states that defended the rules-based order during the Cold War when aggressions challenged the inviolability of international borders. A closer look at this history can help to develop concepts for the validity of international norms – especially for a Europe that is in danger of becoming an object of great power politics in the future.

Source: Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)

DOI: 10.17613/c35rc-6zd45

Author: Methfessel, Christian

Institution: Institut für Zeitgeschichte München–Berlin

Language: English

Topic: International Relations and Foreign Policy

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6962929910

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