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The western world is mainly a geopolitical notion and it brings together actors sharing a common base of values, and who would have the same interests to defend themselves in front of the same threats. These values, based on capitalism and also the Renaissance, led the western world to a deep contradiction: on the one hand, it preaches universal values of humanism, freedom, equality, but on the other hand it tries to establish a hegemonic place above the rest of the world. This situation led to a deep existential crisis within the western world which, while wanting to keep its dominant position, violates the principles it says it wants to defend. For the time being, it becomes a necessity not to save the western model but to change it, drawing teachings from past mistakes.