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The Atlantic

This Is the Way a World Order Ends

In his memoir, The World of Yesterday, the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig looked back on Europe before the First World War. That was, he wrote, the Golden Age of Security, when institutions such as the ...
The Economist

The world’s rules-based order is cracking

RARELY HAVE international courts been busier. In The Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering war-crimes prosecutions against Israeli leaders, including Binyamin Netanyahu, the ...
Foreign Affairs

The International Tax System Is Broken

A battle is raging in the quiet corridors of the United Nations. Last December, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution to start negotiations on a new, fairer global tax architecture. The proposed ...
The Conversation

What is the rules‑based order? How this global system has shifted from ‘liberal’ origins − and where it could be heading next

The phrase “international rules-based order” has long been a fixture in global politics. Western leaders often use it to describe a framework of rules, norms and institutions designed to guide state ...