ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on one ultimate question in this multifaceted debate: what is the impact of the historic rise of Asia – and particularly of China – on the global liberal order? Pogge argues that the liberal order can transition from an order created by power to an order based on non-partisan values. The chapter evaluates the initial state of the Liberal International Order (LIO) in the twenty-first century and discusses the current conundrum of global governance reforms. The LIO is facing multi-pronged disruptions, including an internal social crisis in response to the inequalities generated by globalization, an American crisis of liberal hegemony, and great power shifts. The chapter presents the theoretical framework of mediated strategic interactions to analyze change in the global order. It offers a brief discussion of empirical variations across several dimensions of current negotiations of change in the global order.
