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Bosco warns China’s behavior and authoritarian trends are challenging rule‑based order
Summary
David Bosco said China’s regional claims and domestic single‑party rule undermine international law’s norms and that democratic backsliding worldwide reduces the pool of states likely to uphold rights and rules.
In his lecture, David Bosco identified China as the second major power in the international system whose behavior and domestic politics present a challenge to the rule‑based order. He pointed to actions in the South China Sea and the domestic absence of political pluralism as examples that complicate efforts to build international norms around rights and dispute resolution.
Bosco contrasted China with Russia, which he described as in economic and demographic decline despite its military action in Ukraine. He also noted a broader trend: researchers tracking democracy have observed declines in the number of functioning democracies, which, he said, further strains the global system that relies on willing state participation.
