![]() ![]() ![]() He is a giant in the field of international relations. John Ikenberry has written about liberal internationalism since the 1980s. John Ikenberry on Liberal Internationalism It’s easy to assume liberalism is necessary to limit the dangers of democracy, but one of my favorite scholars, Sheri Berman, explains, “ Liberalism unchecked by democracy can easily deteriorate into oligarchy or technocracy.” The two are linked. Sometimes it is not clear whether liberalism depends on democracy or democracy depends on liberalism. My guest, John Ikenberry, notes “Liberal democracy was both a national and an international project… Its institutions and ideals were premised on an expanding world of trade, exchange, and community.” Scholars talk about liberal democracy. Andy yet, the international liberal order has brought about the vast proliferation of democracy around the world. Town hall meetings are sometimes imagined as a simpler form of democratic governance, so international relations can feel as though it is miles away from democracy. This is the 22nd episode of the Democracy Paradox podcast and the first part of “Liberalism, Capitalism, Communism” about the Global Ascendance of China.ĭemocracy is often imagined at its purest at a micro level. John Ikenberry joins the Democracy Paradox to explain liberal internationalism. ![]()
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