The West's 'Rules-Based Order' Was Always About the West's Rules

The ‘rules-based order’ has failed in its mission – helping the West do whatever it wants

Mar 16, 2026, 11:48 AM en source ↗
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Summary

An RT opinion piece argues that the Western-championed "rules-based international order" was never a neutral framework but a tool serving Western geopolitical interests. The article uses Ursula von der Leyen's recent acknowledgment that the EU can no longer rely on traditional international rules as a springboard to criticize the double standards embedded in that order. The author contends that the system is now unraveling precisely because it was built on selective enforcement benefiting the West.

Preview

Preview Ursula von der Leyen suddenly says the EU can no longer count on the old reliable unwritten rules for me, but not for thee
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