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Eurocorps soldiers. "Should a genocide be perpetrated somewhere in the world in the coming months, would anybody step in?" (Photo: Public Affairs Office)

World on brink of 'post-Western age'

The world is “on the brink” of a “post-Western age”, a leading German think tank has warned.

“Some of the most fundamental pillars of the West and of the liberal international order are weakening … [and] the willingness and ability of Western democracies to shape international affairs and to defend the rules-based liberal order are declining,” Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German diplomat who now chairs the Munich Security Conference (MSC), said.

“We may, then, be on the brink of ...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Eurocorps soldiers. "Should a genocide be perpetrated somewhere in the world in the coming months, would anybody step in?" (Photo: Public Affairs Office)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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