ABSTRACT
Though liberalism has witnessed numerous internal crises and external pressure since World War II, the present challenges are exceptional. Problems range from internal divisions to external pressure. A decrease in the momentum behind liberal expansion was inevitable. While previously liberal states were mostly those situated in Western Europe, North America and some parts of Asia, since the 1990s expansive liberalism has entered the depths of Eurasia. The latter has traditionally been more immune to outside influence and fallen under the purview of land empires. Examples of Afghanistan, some Central Asian countries and parts of the Middle East prove how either short-lived or unsuccessful was the spread of democracy and American influence. It is thus no surprise that the challenge to the liberal order comes precisely from the depths of the Eurasian continent where China, Russia and Iran have become increasingly cooperative in their opposition to the US-led global order.
