Committee Mandate
This new Study Group will pursue three main goals: 1. identify the key threats to the continued viability of the existing rules-based international order; 2. evaluate the magnitude of those threats, with the aim of assessing which developments, if any, could potentially destroy the liberal international order, and which ones are properly viewed as threats of lesser magnitude; and 3. consider and assess a range of possible policy responses, focusing on threats of the greatest magnitude and on policy options for a new (post-Trump) U.S. president who is committed to preserving the liberal international order. The Study Group will adopt an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on insights from law, economics, political science, and international relations. It will hold its first meeting on the margins of International Law Weekend 2019. A follow-up meeting has been scheduled in February 2020 at Santa Clara University.