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For much of the post-Cold War period, Western policy was dominated by the idea that hard power, geopolitics, spheres of interest and all the paraphernalia associated with these concepts were a remnant of the past. The Cold War signaled a shift towards a more liberal world order, where the West had, according to the perception of many politicians and analysts, both the right and the duty to promote liberal democracy globally. The United States particularly took on this challenge and throughout the 1990s and 2000s sought to export its system of governance to far and remote places around the world. Initially, weak resistance came from domestic elites of some developing and post-communist states, who disliked losing power and privileges associated with authoritarian rule.

Later on, the challenge became more diverse, including a whole host of actors, such as those designated as “rogue states”, terrorist groups, or more recently rival or potential great powers. We are currently experiencing a period where the legitimacy of the US in promoting liberalism around the world has been challenged both internally and externally. Arguably the most important external challenges that undermines the global liberal paradigm are coming from middle-level or rising non-Western states, such as Russia or China. These states argue that the current liberal world order is too Western centered, and ignores their values and interests, as well as their approaches to world politics.

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