Book · 2020 · History
A World Safe for Democracy
Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
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The best scholar who's written on this is a guy named John Ikenberry at Princeton. And I think the book is called A World Safe for Democracy. And encapsulates what is this thing, the rules-based international order, the liberal international order that the US created.
Fareed Zakaria · The Ezra Klein Show · Apr 2026 Listen at 1:06:55 Why people recommend it
A World Safe for Democracy is an analytical history examining the origins and structures of the liberal international order established by the United States, authored by scholar G. John Ikenberry. On the podcast The Ezra Klein Show, during the episode titled The Moral Cost of Trump’s War released on April 10, 2026, guest Fareed Zakaria brought up the publication during a discussion about global governance. Fareed Zakaria described G. John Ikenberry, a professor at Princeton, as the premier scholar writing on the topic. The speaker explained that the book successfully captures and encapsulates the complex concept of the rules-based international order that defines modern diplomatic relations. By highlighting this work, Fareed Zakaria provided listeners with a foundational text to understand how contemporary global power dynamics and international institutions were deliberately shaped over decades of American foreign policy development.
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Fareed Zakaria The best scholar who's written on this is a guy named John Ikenberry at Princeton. And I think the book is… 1
“The best scholar who's written on this is a guy named John Ikenberry at Princeton. And I think the book is called A World Safe for Democracy. And encapsulates what is this thing, the rules-based international order, the liberal international order that the US created.”
