The Wrecking of the Liberal World Order
In: Palgrave Studies in International Relations Ser.
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for The Wrecking of the Liberal World Order -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 The Liberal Order and the Broken Pact Between Democracy and Market -- A Diverted Order -- The Pillars of the Liberal World Order -- The Great Discontinuity: From the "Liberal Triangle" to Rodrik's Trilemma -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I Out of Route -- 2 Titanic, or the Unsinkable Order: Origins, Expansion, and Betrayal of the Liberal World Order (1945-2000) -- The Origins and Foundations of the Liberal World Order -- The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Expansion and Betrayal of the Liberal World Order (1945-2000) -- References -- 3 The Broken Promises That Hijacked the Liberal World Order: A Safer, Fairer, and Richer World -- 'A Safer World': Neither Invulnerable Nor Invincible-9/11, the Afghanistan War, and the Inadequacy of the Military Tool -- 'A Fairer World': The Invasion of Iraq and the Consequences of George W. Bush's and Tony Blair's Unpunished Lies -- 'A Richer World for Everyone': The Financial Crisis and the Substitution of Freedom and Equality with Arrogance and Privilege -- References -- Part II The Four Sides of the Iceberg -- 4 The Decline of American Leadership and the Rise of Chinese and Russian Authoritarian Powers -- 'Anchors away': the Russians are back and the Chinese are in -- From Obama disengagement in the Mediterranean to the Moscow-Tehran-Ankara triangle -- The Chinese challenge and the North Korean nuclear pasticcio -- References -- 5 The Molecularization of Threat: Jihadist Terrorism, Islamist Radicalization, and the Mediterranean Tragedy -- Non-State Actors' Threats and the Return of Security as a Source of Legitimacy for State Action -- The Migration Issue in the Mediterranean: A European Fiasco and an Oportunity for the Italian Far-Right.