Editing Free World (section)

===21st century usage===
While "Free World" had its origins in the [[Cold War]], the phrase is still used after the end of the Cold War and during the [[War on Terror|Global War on Terrorism]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Left Alone by Its Owner, Reddit Soars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/03/business/media/reddit-thrives-after-advance-publications-let-it-sink-or-swim.html | work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2012-09-02 |quote=If the leader of the free world stops by to answer questions from your users, you're probably doing O.K. |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref> [[Samuel P. Huntington]] said the term has been replaced by the concept of the [[international community]], which, he argued, "has become the euphemistic collective noun (replacing "the Free World") to give global legitimacy to actions reflecting the interests of the United States and other Western powers."<ref>Huntington, Samuel P. "The Clash of Civilizations," 72 ''Foreign Aff.'' 22 (1992–1993)</ref>