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Who killed the liberal international order (and what comes next)?

Who killed the liberal international order (and what comes next)?

Conflict and great power rivalries are on the rise, democracy is in retreat, and multilateral institutions created to maintain global cooperation appear increasingly toothless. So is the world as we've known it coming to an end? And if so, what will replace it? This speech was recorded at the University of Queensland on 17 September 2025. Speaker Andrew Phillips Professor of international relations and strategy with the University of Queensland Author, War, religion and empire: The transformation of international orders, Outsourcing empire: how company-states made the modern world and more

Big Ideas · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

October 14, 202555m 37s

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Conflict and great power rivalries are on the rise, democracy is in retreat, and multilateral institutions created to maintain global cooperation appear increasingly toothless. So is the world as we've known it coming to an end? And if so, what will replace it?

This speech was recorded at the University of Queensland on 17 September 2025.

Speaker

Andrew PhillipsProfessor of international relations and strategy with the University of QueenslandAuthor, War, religion and empire: The transformation of international orders, Outsourcing empire: how company-states made the modern world and more

Topics

big ideasnatasha mitchellandrew phillipsuniversity of queenslandliberal international orderunited nationschinarussiadonald trumpamericaunited statesmultilateraldemocracytradeclimate change