Populism Has Ushered in an Age of Deglobalization
The world is undergoing radical changes—more profound, perhaps, than at any time in its history.
What level and specific forms of international—and particularly interstate—cooperation are necessary to cope with this rapidly impending problem for humanity? Apparently, international relations is now shifting from a multipolar system to one that is far more pluralistic and chaotic. This, then, will likely be the look of modern international political neoconservatism. But for how long?
In all likelihood, not long at all. Without a powerful infusion of globalization, or perhaps a revised edition of Mikhail Gorbachev’s new political thinking, it is difficult to imagine that the current world order can long endure or that an even moderately optimistic scenario for the human race will ensue. Only by striving for global order can we achieve the “beautiful harmony” of which Heraclites spoke.
Vladimir Lukin is deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, and a research professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He was Russia’s ambassador to the United States (1992–1994), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme Soviet (1990–1992) and the State Duma (1994–2000), deputy chairman of the State Duma (2000–2004) and the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation (2004–2014).
Image: A supporter of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders covers her mouth with a bandana in the colors of the American flag while standing along the perimeter fence of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
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