Book contents
- The World Crisis and International Law
- The World Crisis and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Crisis Arrives
- Part I The Rise and Fall of Liberal Internationalism and the New World Order
- 2 The End of Communism and the Embrace of the Washington Consensus (1989–2000, Part I)
- 3 New International Organizations and Their Ambitions (1989–2000, Part II)
- 4 Cracks in the Foundation and System Shocks
- 5 Crises Come in Waves
- Part II The Knowledge Economy
- Part III Battlegrounds
- Part IV International Law Futures
- Index
4 - Cracks in the Foundation and System Shocks
Terror, the Great Recession, and the Arab Spring (2000–15)
from Part I - The Rise and Fall of Liberal Internationalism and the New World Order
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
Book contents
- The World Crisis and International Law
- The World Crisis and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Crisis Arrives
- Part I The Rise and Fall of Liberal Internationalism and the New World Order
- 2 The End of Communism and the Embrace of the Washington Consensus (1989–2000, Part I)
- 3 New International Organizations and Their Ambitions (1989–2000, Part II)
- 4 Cracks in the Foundation and System Shocks
- 5 Crises Come in Waves
- Part II The Knowledge Economy
- Part III Battlegrounds
- Part IV International Law Futures
- Index
Summary
This chapter recounts the cascade of problems that threated international liberalism and the Washington Consensus during the first part of the twenty-first century. The Global War on Terror launched under US leadership, the global financial crisis and the ensuring Great Recession, and the promise and dashed hopes of the Arab Spring all exposed the failure of the liberal internationalist system and the expanded international organizations to fulfill the hopes of the 1990s.
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- The World Crisis and International LawThe Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future, pp. 63 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023