Liberalism in the Age of Weaponized Interdependence

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Author: paulpauper

Date: 6/19/2026

Article Summary:
The article argues that liberalism must adapt to the new reality of "weaponized interdependence" and "deglobalization" by abandoning its assumption that cooperation is the mature stage and conflict the primitive one, and instead recognizing that rivalry and cooperation are permanently coexistent within any exchange-based system.