The Rise and Fall of the Eagle: An Assessment of the Liberal World Order [Hardcover]

Introduction 1. Decisive Victory of the Liberal World Order and the US 2. New Actors, New Challenges: The War on Terror 3. Quo Vadis: A New World 4. Death of the Liberal World Order

Studies the foreign policy choices of US, how and for what purpose the liberal world order was established, how it began, its connection with the US hegemony, how it has been shaken by various practices, and whether it has been successful so far. Uses recent academic works of experts, and primary resources for an in-depth study.

Everything that rises is bound to fall. The international system has been a stage for many states and different ideologies, witnessing their power struggles and efforts to ideological superiority for centuries. This new book tackles the foreign policy choices of the United States (US), which has recently dominated the international system and the liberal world order that it has sought to establish through its foreign policy.

The book addresses the hegemony debate in the international system on a realistic axis. It contributes to the literature by critically examining recent academic work of experts in their fields as well as primary resources that detail the national security strategies of the US, including national security policy documents, executive orders, archives of the White House, interviews, and remarks by US presidents. The book is thus a testament to the present state of affairs during this pivotal juncture in the history of the US and the world order.

This book also looks at the crisis in the liberal world system from the framework of the crises that lie in the foreign policy of the US, resulting in the collapsing of the liberal world order it advocates. In short, this book presents a study of how and for what purpose the liberal world order was established, how it began to rise, its connection with the US hegemony, how it has been shaken by various practices, and whetherl"