Post-Truth, Post-West: ‘Illiberal Forces’ Threatening World Order – Report
SputnikNews.com
13.02.2017
The world is in danger of heading into a “post-truth, post-West, post-order” era, characterized by a decline in global freedom and an increase in support for authoritarian solutions to current problems, the annual Munich Security report has warned.
Released ahead of the Munich Security Conference on February 17, the report warns that populist and “illiberal forces” currently sweeping the world threaten the global liberal order and raise questions about many of the international institutions that have underpinned this order since World War Two.
“The world is facing an illiberal moment. Across the West and beyond, illiberal forces are gaining ground,” the report said.
“The past twelve months have been a resounding rejection of the status quo. In several elections and referenda, political outsiders succeeded, while the establishment was dealt major blows.”
“Populist parties are now part of the government in about a dozen Western democracies. And even in countries where populists only received a small share of the vote, they often exert a defining influence by shifting the debate or pressuring mainstream parties to adopt different policy agendas.”
‘Cultural Backlash’ Against Globalization
The findings from the report come amid a surge in support for so-called populist or anti-establishment movements across the West, witnessed through Donald Trump’s US election win, the UK’s decision to leave the EU, and the increased Euroskeptic sentiment across Europe.
The Munich security findings described those events as part of a “cultural backlash” against globalization.
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