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rules-based order

rules-based order noun: a set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940s.

Noun

rules-based order

  1. A set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940s.
    • If ever there was an example of how Mr. Trump is uninterested in maintaining the post-World War II “rules-based order” and replacing it with superpower politics, this was it.2025 January 27, David E. Sanger, “Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about rules-based order

What does rules-based order mean?
Rules-based order means a set of global, rule-based, structured relationships based on political liberalism, economic liberalism and liberal internationalism since the late 1940s.
What part of speech is rules-based order?
Rules-based order is a noun.

Words near rules-based order in the dictionary

  1. rules out
  2. rules the day
  3. rules the roost
  4. rules the school
  5. rules with a rod of iron
  6. rules-based order
  7. rules-lawyer
  8. rules-lawyered
  9. rules-lawyering
  10. rules-lawyers
  11. rules-of-thumb

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