The Liberal International Order (LIO) is no more. The days of intervening in foreign lands to protect ‘democracy’ is almost over.
There is a difference between Isolationism and Realism. The philosopher Francis Fukuyama, after the 1989 velvet revolutions, maintained that the endearing appeal of liberal capitalism would herald in an era of peace between nations.
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