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What could come after a rules-based world order?

Deutsche Welle · 🇩🇪 public Germany · · 1157 words · By Lisa Hänel
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Deutsche Welle reports: What could come after a rules-based world order?.

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Deutsche Welle reports: What could come after a rules-based world order?.

Why it matters

April 12, 2026A war without clear justification.

Common ground

A president who threatens: "A whole civilization will die tonight." For many, the recent war between the US, Israel and Iran marks a further deterioration in international relations.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The rules-based order is generally defined as a set of norms and institutions established after World War II and took on new significance when the Cold War ended.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cold War espionage describes the intelligence gathering activities during the Cold War (1947–1991) between the Western allies (primarily the US and Western Europe) and the Eastern Bloc (primarily the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The post–Cold War era is a period of history that has been ongoing since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, which began in 1988 and marked the end of the Cold War by 1991, thereby leaving the United…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The terms Second Cold War, Cold War II, and New Cold War have been used by scholars and journalists to describe heightened geopolitical tensions in the 21st century post–Cold War era, usually between …
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“After the horrors of two world wars in the 20th century, the objective was to help create a more stable, free and prosperous world.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The is the definite article in English. The, or THE, may also refer to:
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“International institutions such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization were founded; member states agreed to abstain from acts of aggression on other members and on the right to self-defense in response to attack.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization. All members have equal representation in the United Nations General Assembly. The Charter of th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international peace and secu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. Established on 1 January 1995, pursuant to the 1994 Marrakesh Agreement, it …
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“A 2024 Amnesty International report points out that of the 54 individuals indicted by the ICC to date, 47 are African.”
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“Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 challenged the principle of sovereignty.”
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“Some of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been called the "Donroe Doctrine," along the lines of the 19th-century "Monroe Doctrine," which sought to weaken European influence in the Western Hemisphere.”
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“She and colleagues at Georgetown University coined the term "neo-royalism" to describe a departure from the rules-based order towards elite clusters of power not unlike historical monarchical systems, in which small cliques shape international politics to their own and their loyalists' benefit.”
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“In a multiplex order, you don't have one or two or a handful of a few great powers.”
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“It is not just about the distribution of power but also about sharing ideas and know-how and adopting shared norms.”
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“Acharya says that there will be Indonesia in Southeast Asia, there will be South Africa in Africa.”
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“Acharya says that such a scenario [total collapse] is feared by many but not likely at the moment.”
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