Chandigarh, March 25 -- Former diplomat and ambassador to UAE and Iran, KC Singh said that the liberal political order established after World War 2 is under significant strain under US President Trump. He was speaking at a symposium on "Relevance of the Buddhist Idea of Peace in Contemporary Times" organised at Evening Studies Auditorium in Panjab University on Monday.

He said that initially, America did not support this liberal order, preferring more authoritarian government models. However, over time, certain liberal democratic frameworks were adopted. With Donald Trump's rise to power, he has openly disregarded this liberal democratic model, KC Singh alleged. He mentioned his provocative statements like calling the Prime Minister of ...