If the "rules-based international order" is falling apart because one national leader doesn't feel like following it, then it was based on hegemonic stability, not rules. But that makes Trump's actions even worse. What he's undermining is the *American-led* international order.https://twitter.com/ulrichspeck/status/1005369043027677184 …
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Replying to @NGrossman81
I suppose the long term question here is if the “rules based” international order was dependent on hegemony that Trump’s actions are destabilizing: will this cause a shift to a true rules based order or will another power step in to fill the hegemonic gap?
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Replying to @jmeijers
My bet's on multipolarity. I'm skeptical a "rules based" international order can function without a great power underlining those rules.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
This makes sense to me. Who do you think will be the most likely to fill in as the underlying power? Germany? Do you think the EU as a block could function in this manner?
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Not enough power to fill the vacuum. Projecting out decades, it's possible Europe congeals into a great power. But it's very unlikely the EU overtakes the US and China in the way the US dominated the later 20th century.
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