From Vienna to Tianjin: Eurasia builds a new order

... Today, that idea survives mainly among those seeking a new balance of power outside the Western world: organizations such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. At the SCO summit in Tianjin this September, members again stressed respect for ... ... to stand on its own feet, it must accept that legitimacy starts with mutual recognition among ourselves. Historical limits of Western models The classic European model of legitimacy arose from conditions that no longer exist. In the early 19th century,...