We can no longer expect the international system – whether global or Eurasian – to reproduce the “ideal” models of order known from history. The world has changed too profoundly. Yet if the nations of Greater Eurasia wish to coexist securely, we must begin defining our own principles of legitimacy and mutual respect.
Any student of international politics knows that mutual recognition is the foundation of legitimacy in relations between states. It is what allowed the great powers of Europe to maintain a degree of peace from the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 until the catastrophe of 1914. In simple terms, legitimacy meant that the major players…
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