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Human Rights and the Fate of the Liberal Order

| May 09, 2018

Many experts have proclaimed the death of the post-1945 liberal international order, including the human-rights regime set forth in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The cover of Foreign Policy recently displayed the white dove of human rights pierced by the bloody arrows of authoritarian reaction....

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For Academic Citation: Nye, Joseph S.“Human Rights and the Fate of the Liberal Order.” Project Syndicate, May 9, 2018.

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Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Joseph S. Nye

  • Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Faculty Affiliate, Future of Diplomacy Project
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