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dominant nations which may hope to exercise control over a unified world”. 140 Theclaim that ‘we are not just for ourselves, we are ‘international’’ could easily be usedas justification for expansion, or some other forms of material benefit.“’International order’ and ‘international solidarity’”, noted Carr, “will always beslogans of those who feel strong enough to impose them on others.” 141Of equal significance here are the post-structuralist critiques questioning liberalcosmopolitanism’s ‘homogenising universalism’ and ‘linear progressivism’. 142Through its commitment theoretically, or in practice, or both, to the sovereignindependence of other states, and the principle of non-interference in the domesticaffairs of others, internationalism as it emerged in the developing world, while itmay be a victim of numerous others, does not fall prey to these weaknesses. AsLawler has suggested, ‘classical internationalism’, undertaken by states, could be thesought-after middle ground between idealistic cosmopolitanism and flagrantinterventionism as seen in Iraq in 2003.The form of solidarity that is hailed to defend the supra-national interests of largedeveloping countries is most often limited to the shared humanity of the immediateregion, or continent – or at a stretch, impoverished people worldwide. Thecommitment to equality of all people and to democratising multilateral institutions,as well as bringing about equitable international economic arrangements is born ofthis conviction. In recent years, these convictions have come up squarely against thesettled norms of the Western international order, as this order has come underincreasing threat from diverse cultural approaches and interpretations ofinternational order; and, indeed, from the manner in which it has been defended bypowerful Western states, too (mainly in the form of military interventions). Notunlike a number of other developing and formerly ‘non-aligned’ governments, forexample,many in Brazil and in particular many who later were associated with the Lulagovernment suspected that the liberal norms of the 1990s concerning human140 EH Carr, The Twenty Years’ Crisis. With a new introduction by Michael Cox,(Houndmills: Palgrave, 2001/1981): 79.141 Ibid., 80.142 Lawler, “The Good State”, 95.75