The West Is Experiencing a Contraction of Its Power, Not Necessarily Its Decline

by Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Jul 16, 2022 | Africa, Asia, Brazil, China, Europe, History, India, Japan, Oceania, Politics, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, United States, War

By the middle of the last century, the West had shrunk so much that several newly independent countries made the decision to align themselves neither with the West nor the Soviet bloc.