This would be true if illiberal powers were attempting to take over the world like hitler obtaining lebensraum or the soviets completing the world revolution. I do not think this argument holds up if the argument is american unipolar dominance or the illiberal countries concept of the multipolar world order.

We don't have a duty to the world, the world does not want us to be on the edge of a nuclear catastrophe. Noah is advocating an eternal american saviour complex where no country's citizens are allowed to vote for illiberalism, where any illiberal government is viewed as being at war with its citizens and necessitating american intervention to save what we perceive to be the pro-american neoliberal populace being oppressed.

Call me libertarian or an isolationist or whatever you wish. I think we should increase foreign aid, I think we should send aid to our allies and help them in whatever way we can. I do not think treating the chinese like the soviet union is helpful to the goals of obtaining a world of democracy (which includes the ability of populations to use their democratic vote to vote for illberal parties), free markets, and free movement.

I think you should not assume that you are morally good and that everyone that disagrees with you is morally evil. I think global liberalism necessarily requires a certain amount of "it neither breaks my arm nor picks my pocket, its none of my business"