Shashi Tharoor: Civilization States Are Profoundly Illiberal

The notion that they can follow their own standards overlooks the need for universally accepted norms to sustain world order.

Civilization States Are Profoundly Illiberal The notion that they can follow their own standards overlooks the need for universally accepted norms to sustain world order. Mihailo Vucenic Credits Shashi Tharoor represents Thiruvananthapuram in India’s Parliament. He was an under-secretary-general of the United Nations from 2002 to 2007. The economic and technological convergence of globalization did not lead to a singular cosmopolitan order, but to a great divergence, in which prospering emergent nations, most notably China, once again attained the wherewithal to chart a path forward based on t

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