... thinking influenced policy'making élites and public opinion in a number of Western states after the First World War, an era often referred to in academic International Relations as Idealism. There was a brief resurgence of liberal sentiment at the end of World War II, with the birth of the United Nations, although these flames of hope were soon extinguished by the ... a system of governance, which has democratic procedures for coping with disputes, and an international force, which could be mobilized if negotiations failed. In this sense, liberal idealism rests on a domestic analogy (Su...

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