AVFA Podcast: The End of the Liberal Internationalist Order and the Rise of Illiberalism
A View from AfarShow Notes
Recorded Live – A View from Afar podcast. Series 06, Episode 03 – In this episode, political scientist and former Pentagon Analyst Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into: The End of the Liberal Internationalist Order and the Rise of Illiberalism. The topics discussed include:
A Global Transition Process – What is this exactly and Why is this happening? Why is conflict used as a global systems regulator and agent of change? And what does this mean for 2026? The US has been the core of two pillars of liberal internationalism – its security system and system of trade. Why then has the United States decided to break the very system it has benefitted from, and risk advancing its own demise?
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Tena Koutou Katoa welcome to a new series of A View from Afar. For this, the sixth series of A View from Afar, political scientist and former Pentagon analyst Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning deep-dive into geopolitical issues and trends to unpick relevancy from a world experiencing rapid and significant change.
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