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Neo-Protectionism and Trade Wars

Economy
The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the EU (Brexit), Donald Trump’s adoption of a more fierce foreign policy and his appreciation of an economic competition discourse, and the increasing centralization of right-wing movements in European politics reflects the fact that the desire to race for liberal values on the international sphere has dissolved.

How realistic is the European Defense Union?

Finance
With further crises including the economic crisis of 2008-2009, which then transformed into the Euro Crisis, the refugee crisis, the increase in hate crimes and anti-EU sentiments, the rise of separatist movements, Brexit, deterioration of transatlantic relations following the election of Trump as the US president, and the increase in terror attacks deemed this decade as the “Crises Period” for the EU.

Has the Myth of the Global Village Ended Now?

Finance
” There are also some other socio-political indicators that highlight the probable end of the myth of the global village: the rise of the far right in European Union countries, the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, the Catalan independence movement in Spain, the Flemish movement in Belgium, the unofficial referendum of Venetian independence in Italy, Brexit, neo-Nazi tendencies in Germany, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, anti-Islamic attacks, ethnic and denominational divisions in the Middle East, etc.