Restoring an international order based on rules requires a major shock—either another world war or a significant economic/fiscal crisis—to create sufficient political pressure for great powers to subordinate their interests to collective rules.
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Ben RhodesEvidence Quote
“I think what it's going to take uh unfortunately is some kind of shock you know um it took the shock of World War I and actually two of those you know because the League of Nations didn't get across the Finish Line in Congress but it took that shock to write all these rules [38:07]”
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Ben Rhodes: The Warren and Anita Manshel Lecture in American Foreign Policy— Weatherhead Center for International AffairsCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:39:48 AM
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