The Liberal World Order in Survival Mode

The liberal world order was once anchored by international institutions—the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Criminal Court—which claimed universal legitimacy. Today, these structures appear increasingly impotent, irrelevant, or openly contested. As geopolitical multipolarity and ideological fragmentation leads to a rise in state sovereignty, global institutionalism has correspondingly declined. As the liberal world order enters survival mode, what will be the future of multilateral bodies or international law?