The Study On Liberal Internationalism Of John Ikenberry

Liberal internationalism is developed from liberal thinking about international relation theories, and it is often used to describe US foreign policy. Therefore, liberal internationalism tend to be more diplomatic level, with a strong sense of political realities. As far as itself concerned, it is originated from the idealism at the beginning of the founding of the United States, and eventually took shape during the Wilson government. After World War II, the liberal Internationalism has always been in changing no matter from concept or form, and eventually became one of the dominant ideology of American diplomacy. It is worth noting that, although the liberal internationalism thoughts are constantly changing, but it is still largely on the inheritance and development of traditional diplomacy during the Wilson government.G. John Ikenberry, who prefer the liberal internationalism after the cold war, is a professor of Politics and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. The liberal internationalism of Ikenberry is based on the thought of neo-liberal institutionalism theory; to explore how the United States to lead the world to a large strategic context; to criticize the Bush administration for a new policy on behalf of conservatism as the starting point, It advocates the United States should continue and adhere to the liberal internationalism of foreign grand strategy after the Cold War. The uniqueness of his thought that he focus on the "international order", and that the United States should be in the post-Cold War world leader by establishing "constitutional order" strategy. In addition, Ikenberry academic thought in the face of the new era in the international environment as well as development, especially for the rise of emerging countries, he proposed a unique insight.This paper argues that liberal internationalism thought has always been one of the dominant ideology of the US diplomatic strategy, Further to Ikenberry headed liberal internationalism Foreign Strategy Thoughts on the current Obama administration had a profound impact. Therefore, the study Ikenberry liberal internationalism ideology, especially its insights on the international order for us to understand and grasp the important US strategic trends. Therefore, this article will Ikenberry liberal internationalism and its ideology in itself affect the Obama administration as the research focus and a comprehensive evaluation of his thought in the paper last section. This paper argues that liberal internationalism Ikenberry thought in terms of theoretical or practical level have made an important contribution, but at the same time, it is in the choice of a path of research on, and there are still shortcomings on ideological bias.