ABSTRACT
The League of Nations continues to serve as a touchstone for liberal order in terms of its ideas, the foundational architecture it established, and the spirit of cooperation it engendered. This chapter begins by identifying two contrasting visions for what a future world order could look like, arguing that neither precludes a "liberal" character and that both are interactive in determining what constellations of governance will be required. It brings the "League as experiment" theme of the book full circle, arguing that the body of work emerging around what has been termed "experimental governance" could hold promise in accommodating the diverse actors in global society and promoting the intersubjective knowledge and common purpose between them. The chapter looks to the future and the question of how to revitalize the legitimacy of the liberal world order. Wilson's 14 points and commitment to the League of Nations are widely considered to be the blueprint for the first experiment at global liberal order.
