Shunyo Liao, a research fellow at the CTPECC, in this article underscores a rising juxtapostion between the rise of fragmentation among countries and the continued effort to expand the international liberal order. With the increased tensions between the US and China, there is a possibility that the tradition hegemon in international relations will be impacted in which Liao in the article discusses. 

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