Liberal slogans promoting freedom and progress have turned into a powerful tool of soft power determining America’s moral leadership
In 1918, President of the United States Woodrow Wilson presented a draft peace treaty to Congress aimed at putting an end to four years of bloodshed caused by the First World War. The document differed from the spirit and principles of the peace accords concluded in the history of international ...
... strengthening of right-wing radicals in continental Europe — all this can be seen as links in a single chain.
Critics of an open world order argue that, given the uneven development of the modern world, the very principles of openness and universalism inevitably ... ... impose their goals, values, expectations and way of life onto individuals, social groups, states and entire continents. Thus, Woodrow Wilson and his successors are seen as supporters of global unification and enemies of individuality and group identity.
Are these accusations justified? The conflict between universalism and individuality is unsubstantiated if universalism is understood as a ...