As the author stated the world is threatened by two antagonist politics: “retribalization” and globalization. I understand his concerns about them and the fact that there are both going against democratic principles. But I am much more concern about “retribalization” than anything else though, globalization is an angel. I am going to explain my mind in the following lines.
Even though globalization is not a democratic system with all its drawbacks it has interesting outcomes such as opening markets, an easier people, information, and commodities movements even being unequal.
“Retribalisation” is a threat for the world security and a utopia in this current world. It just can works out. It goes totally in opposite of democracy principals. When almost the whole world is trying to link up for better opportunities a minority cannot refuse it in the name of parochial views. It’s subject of incomprehensible wars seeming endless and unsolvable. The world is made today such as all nation states are interdependently linked to each others.
‘Retribalization” is for sure doomed to disappear soon or later. Globalization, in this fight, is obviously the winner. It has certainly good effect but also bad ones. Where will it drives us our world that’s the entire question.