With the rise of populism threatening the international order, the report warns of an "illiberal moment" globally. A withdrawal of the US on the world stage could allow others to take advantage of the power vacuum.
The Munich Security Conference (MSC) published its annual report on Monday, with the conference chairman saying there was greater instability today across the globe than there has been since the Second World War.
From a power vacuum caused by a possible US withdrawal from the global stage to the heightened threat of military escalation, the report entitled "Post-Truth, Post-West, Post-Order?" accentuates the threats to the international order in what MSC Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger described as an "illiberal moment."
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Update #1: Munich Security Report Forecasts New World Order if US Changes Tack (Sputnik)
Update #2: Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End (Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg)
WNU Editor: The complete Munich Security report is here.
