Rules-Based International Order: Dos and Don’ts of “Liberal” Manners

... cooperation/conflict resolution. In the process of building the said order, these rules are filled with a certain content, depending on the goals and values of the actors involved in the given activity. Ivan Timofeev: Russia-West: Rising Stakes In the Western understanding, “rules” is a much broader concept that includes both the existing set of formal statutory and legal arrangements and the established behavioral practices necessary to achieve the goals, which may later become part of the body of law. This is how an attempt ...