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74 Int'l J. 3 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/intj74 and id is 1 raw text is: International journal) International Journal 2019, Vol. 74(1) 3-4 Editors' Introduction © The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0020702019833568 journals.sagepub.com/home/ijx $SAGE In an age of Trump, Brexit, and resurgent populism, it has become a commonplace that the liberal international order is beleaguered and arguably in crisis. In such a time, what of middle powers? What are the opportunities and constraints facing them now that the certitudes of the liberal order rest on increasingly shaky ground? That is the focus of this special issue of International Journal, featuring a col- lection of articles curated by Rita Abrahamsen, Louise Riis Andersen, and Ole Sending. An introductory piece by Abrahamsen, Andersen, and Sending defines the problem and sets the stage for what follows, arguing that if liberal internationalism has a future it must be reworked to adapt to changed conditions. Then, Jean- Francois Drolet and Michael Williams explore the paleoconservative tradition and its influence on the Trump administration, with all that implies for the role of the United States as linchpin of the liberal international order. Alexandra Gheciu discusses NATO's role and the construction of western security under the new and challenging circumstances we confront. Then, Louise Riis Andersen explores the prospects of the United Nations as an arena for middle-power liberal internationalism. On a related theme, John Karlsrud offers a provocative assessment of UN peacekeeping, within the context of efforts to steer peacekeeping in the direction of counterterrorism. Nina Graeger raises the vexing question of how middle powers can now pursue security and status, contending that traditional approaches based on cooperation with great powers need to be rethought. David Petrasek turns to the matter of promoting human rights in an international order that seems less than hospitable to such concerns, while Peter Jones canvasses the opportunities now available to Canada, as a middle power with a vocation of trying to broker solu- tions to intractable conflicts. In this issue's Lessons of History piece, Greg Donaghy re-examines Pierre Trudeau's engagement with Asia and the Pacific, compelling revision of the stand- ard accounts of both Canada's Pacific Tilt and the foreign policy of Trudeau pare. This issue features two Policy Briefs, exploring contemporary international policy challenges for Canada. In the first, Roland Paris picks up on themes from the special issue, arguing that Canada's position as a middle-power internationalist has been undermined by structural changes to the global order, and that this forces us to rethink our approach to illiberal states like China. In the second, Christian Leuprecht, Joel Sokolsky, and Jayson Derow consider Canada's renewed commit- ment to NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence and the deterrence of Russian aggression against Latvia, in the context of concerns about the future of both