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Russia advances its version of globalisation

It claims that Western-led globalisation is universally destructive economically, culturally and politically and responsible for sparking a worldwide revolt.

Published Mon, Nov 28, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Moscow

    RUSSIANS see globalisation and international institutions in crisis. They offer to rescue this failing project, but on their terms, with a readjustment of the world order more to their liking.

    At the October meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club - a group of Russian and foreign international affairs specialists - the attendees assessed the processes of globalisation under the rubric "global revolt and the global order". Russians described Western-led neo-liberal globalisation as universally destructive economically, culturally and politically, and responsible for sparking a worldwide revolt.

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