Multiplexity 2.0: power and pluralism in the post-liberal age.
This article, and the special section in International Affairs it introduces, ask: how can we best read the post-liberal era of world politics? The resurgence of hard power has led many to turn to realism, even as a liberal lens reveals key features of the world we inherited. Meanwhile, diverse stat...
| Published in: | International Affairs Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 319 - 336 |
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Mar2026
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