... international actors, the current objective is to warm up a little and restore vitality—not to enjoy a sophisticated drink. Political realism is a convenient and, in a way, adequate reflection of the existing realities.
The time of distillation, cognac and liberalism will come, though. The hot sun of globalization will peek through the clouds of crises as the current conflicts will recede into the past. Non-state actors, as well as small and middle nations, will again play a greater role in international relations. Without clearing the familiar shot ...
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5. Universalism or Pluralism?
Igor Ivanov:
Why Should We Be Grateful to Donald Trump?
The global triumph of political and economic liberalism was accompanied by the rise in interest in the phenomenon of globalization. During the 1990s, “liberal globalization” and “globalized liberalism” were perceived as inextricably linked concepts, if not as synonyms. That entails that the accelerators of globalization, as well as one of its inevitable results, should have been the final victory of liberal economic and political models ...
... speeches, he harshly criticized all the key institutions that make up the liberal international order.
In terms of its values, liberalism is an individualistic ideology that attaches great importance to the concept of inalienable rights. This universalistic ... ... committed to the principle of opening its doors to refugees fleeing problems at home.
According to Mearsheimer, modern hyper-globalization, which began gaining traction in the 1980s and accelerated after the Cold War, effectively overturned the Bretton ...
... values of western democracy and market economy. How many decades more do we need to wait to see a full-fledged alternative to liberalism? Or was Fukuyama correct and such alternative cannot be invented as a matter of principle, just like we cannot invent ... ... religious, and other groups within each country. Put very simply, it is the division between those who somehow benefit from globalization and those who become its victims. Hence the deep split in the US society today. Hence the unprecedented polarization ...
... obtaining information about bank clients' accounts is increasingly taking shape.
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Viktor Sergeev:
The Unbalanced Globalization
3. Measures to restrict individual freedoms for government needs also include indefinite detention and preventive ... ... detention without or before trial still take place. The existence of such zones constitutes the empirically determined limit of liberalism of modern state.
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Sergei Veselovsky:
A Lethal Threat
In practice, invasion of privacy occurs at all ...
