The 2024 Holberg Debate: “Is the West in Decline?”
At the 2024 Holberg Debate, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Yanis Varoufakis and Konstantin Kisin will discuss whether or not the West is in decline.
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Is the West in decline, and if so, what are the implications for the future of democracy and the global order? This is the central question for the 2024 Holberg Debate.
The backdrop of this year’s Holberg Debate includes a number of crises and problems that the West is facing, including: a dramatic presidential election in the US, Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, high cost of living in many Western countries, cultural conflicts, and political polarisation. Globally, the West is losing support, and the collaboration between Russia, China and the other BRICS countries has rendered Western influence increasingly precarious in a world that seems to be growing more multipolar. Also, there is a substatinal fear that the liberal aspects of Western society may be in peril.
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