What should replace the American-led world order? | Aslı Bâli and Samuel Moyn

The task now is to stop mourning the old order and build the foundations of the new multipolar world

America is in decline. And so is Pax America: the American-led world order. While there are many genuine dangers of American decline, there has never been a better chance to say clearly how much the unipolar order always left to be desired, and to imagine a multipolar world that might secure peace better than the old order ever did.

Idealizing the American peace since 1945 and its rules-based international order" - a phrase that came into common use only decades later, but never mind - is a misguided response to our current situation.