The topic of the three-lecture series is whether the international order exists or not, because when you have an international order you can criticize it, but when you don't have one, you can't really criticize it—and the West is on a path toward not having one.

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Steven Codkin

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When you have an international order, you can criticize it... But when you don't have an international order, you can't really criticize it. That's the path that we're on.

Source

Stephen Kotkin: Sphere of Influence I - The Gift of Geopolitics: How Worlds are Made, and UnmadeIWMVienna
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:14:33 PM

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