rules-based order

English

Noun

rules-based order

  1. (politics, geopolitics) A set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940s.
    • 2025 January 27, David E. Sanger, “Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      If ever there was an example of how Mr. Trump is uninterested in maintaining the post-World War II “rules-based order” and replacing it with superpower politics, this was it.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used sarcastically by the opponents of such an idea or order.

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