New World Order

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The New World Order was a post–Cold War vision promoted in the early 1990s for a U.S.-led international system emphasizing collective security, multilateral cooperation, and the spread of liberal democracy and free markets.

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instanceOf foreign policy doctrine
geopolitical concept
political slogan
aimedAt maintaining U.S. global leadership
preventing great-power conflict
strengthening international institutions
articulatedIn speeches by George H. W. Bush in 1990
speeches by George H. W. Bush in 1991
associatedWithLeader George H. W. Bush NERFINISHED
coreIdea U.S.-led international order
collective security
expansion of free markets
multilateral cooperation
spread of liberal democracy
criticizedBy left-wing anti-globalization activists
realist scholars of international relations
some conservative nationalists
criticizedFor U.S. unilateralism in practice
economic inequality linked to globalization
expansion of U.S. hegemony
distinctFrom New World Order conspiracy theory
economicModel free-market capitalism
trade liberalization
emphasizedInstitution International Monetary Fund NERFINISHED
NATO NERFINISHED
United Nations NERFINISHED
World Bank NERFINISHED
World Trade Organization NERFINISHED
geopoliticalContext collapse of the Soviet Union
end of the Cold War
historicalStatus largely associated with early 1990s U.S. foreign policy discourse
ideology American exceptionalism
liberal internationalism
neoliberalism
notableEventAssociated 1991 Gulf War NERFINISHED
policyTool collective security arrangements
democracy promotion
economic globalization
multilateral military interventions
promotedBy George H. W. Bush administration NERFINISHED
United States government NERFINISHED
regionFocus global
relatedConcept Pax Americana NERFINISHED
liberal international order
rules-based international order
unipolar moment
securityConcept collective response to aggression
reliance on UN Security Council authorization
timePeriod post–Cold War era

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