Speaker(s): Professor Danny Quah | For nearly a century, America has provided the world a simple narrative: “If you’re with us, you get international rule of law. If not, you have to deal with arbitrary exercise of power.” Obviously, to most nations the latter proposition is untenable. Only under a multilateral rules-based system can lesser states stand toe to toe and resolve disputes on equal footing with great powers: In this view the right choice — an American-centered world order — is clear. But both America’s own international conduct and academic scholarship suggest the increasing hollowness of this narrative. What forces will now shape the international system? Is disorder the only logical outcome with the breakdown of our current world order? This lecture suggests how an economic marketplace model for great power competition can help answer these questions, and guide thinking for constructing a world order that works for all the international community. Danny Quah (@DannyQuah )
