Read the introduction of CHAOS RECONSIDERED, edited by Robert Jervis, Diane N. Labrosse, Stacie E. Goddard, and Joshua Rovner with George Fujii.
The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international order?
