ABSTRACT
The chapters collected in this volume converge on a central observation: the rule-based order has not ended with the war in Ukraine. Rather, it has been displaced: from the universal to the regional, from the declaratory to the operational, from the moral to the strategic. The conflict has not destroyed the liberal order but has stripped it of its assumptions, exposing how deeply it relied on asymmetries of power, geography, and legitimacy. The war that exploded in 2022 did not inaugurate the crisis; it crystallised dynamics that had been unfolding since the 2000s.
