The Liberal International Order is in crisis. While the symptoms are clear to many, the deep roots of this crisis remain obscured. We propose that the Liberal International Order is in tension with the older Sovereign Territorial Order, which is founded on territoriality and borders to create group identities, the territorial state, and the modern international system. The Liberal International Order, in contrast, privileges universality at the expense of groups and group rights. A recognition of this fundamental tension makes it possible to see that some crises that were thought to be unconnected have a common cause: the neglect of the coordinating power of borders. We sketch out new research agendas to show how this tension manifests itself in a broad range of phenomena of interest.

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建立在边界上：与制度自由主义（思想）的紧张关系被抛在后面

自由国际秩序正处于危机之中。尽管许多人的症状很明显，但这场危机的深层根源仍然模糊不清。我们认为，自由国际秩序与旧的主权领土秩序处于紧张关系，后者建立在领土和边界之上，以创造群体身份、领土国家和现代国际体系。相比之下，自由国际秩序以牺牲群体和群体权利为代价来赋予普遍性特权。认识到这种根本性的紧张局势，可以看出一些被认为不相关的危机有一个共同的原因：忽视了边界的协调能力。我们勾勒出新的研究议程，以展示这种紧张局势如何在广泛的感兴趣现象中表现出来。