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The Oxford English Dictionary defines hegemony as \u201cleadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.\u201d There is little question that Western hegemony in most areas, including military, culture, international organizations, technology, education, ethical values, political thought, and economics, has characterized the last two centuries. Countries typically included as part of the West are the Western Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The West\u2019s main rival from 1950-1990 was the USSR and its Eastern European allies. Some people viewed the Cold War as a clash between Western capitalism and Soviet socialism. While China supported the wars in Korea and Vietnam, its economic sway was limited. China and the newly liberated Indian subcontinent chose to have limited economic interaction with the rest of the world. In other words, they chose to be autarkic. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the early 1990s, the Cold War ended. Many declared it <\/span>\u201cthe end-point of mankind\u2019s ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government<\/span><\/a>.\u201d This end-of-history narrative was a declaration of the ultimate, inevitable hegemony of the West. Bohanon asked a European economist at the 1992 Mont Pelerin Society meeting what he thought of that assessment. His answer was one word: bunk.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thirty years later, bunk seems about right. It appears that the age of Western hegemony is coming to an end. Neither China nor Russia are liberal democracies, and India is backtracking on its democratic leanings. Many in the West intelligentsia welcome this, some <\/span>chanted: \u201cHey hey, ho ho, Western civ has got to go!\u201d<\/span><\/a> Other people find it disturbing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever a person\u2019s perspective, the West\u2019s hegemony is likely to decline because of demographics. A quick spreadsheet analysis from Census Bureau and World Bank data indicates that India and China occupy 9.5% of the world’s land and have 35.1% of its population. The United States, United Kingdom, and France occupy 7.8% of the world’s land but have only 5.8% of its population. Yet the three Western Counties hold 60% of the permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. Over 50% of the world’s population lives in China, India, or their neighbors. The West accounts for just 10% of the world\u2019s population. Though the World Order crafted nearly 80 years ago will change, will it be better or worse? As Betty Davis said in <\/span>All About Eve<\/span><\/i>: <\/span>\u201cFasten your seatbelts, it\u2019s going to be a bumpy night.\u201d<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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