Rules-Based International Order: Dos and Don’ts of “Liberal” Manners

... activities became, the more willful the West was in its interpretation and treatment of formally enshrined principles of the international law. It was at that juncture that a new concept of the rules-based order was so much needed. The rules-based order: a sweet-sounding euphemism? Andrey Kortunov: A New Western Cohesion and World Order The “rules-based international order” as a political construct came into vernacular usage relatively a short time ago, in the 2000s. The usage frequency graph for the “rules-based international order” phrase ...