Talk:Liberal internationalism

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Liberal internationalist theory doesn't revolve around the US, at least not today.

While liberal internationalist theory does not necessarily revolve around the United States, epistemologically it emerged out of American thinking. Secondly, as has been hinted (but not explicitly said in the article) Woodrow Wilson was the first politician to truly act out foreign policy on the grounds of liberal internationalism. Lastly, liberal internationalism relies on the existence of a liberal hegemon in order to enforce the rules of a liberal world order. The depression was caused by a collapse of the liberal economic order, which was due to the apolar nature of global politics of the time. Had the United States been willing to take up its leadership role (as was expected) in the interwar period and become a global creditor, then the effects of the depression would have been lessened. The global leadership requirements of liberal internationalism remain today and are even more important due to the unipolar nature of power with an illiberal China on the rise.Cocacolaisthebest 03:42, 8 August 2007 (UTC)