The Rise of Populism and the Crisis of Globalisation

Today there is a spectre of a unique kind haunting Europe. “it is not communism - but another dangerous “ism”. And that “ism” is something that has come to be known as populism. There have been up swells of populism in the past appearing in different iterations around the world It might seem then the current situation is nothing new. But, there is something very different happening this time. Populism has migrated towards Europe where it did not have much foothold in the past and it is much more widespread than the past. Populism is assuming international form. In the past the populism was more of a national character. Events like Brexit , President Trumps victory and the general rise of “Anti-establishment populist and extreme political parties in Western Europe is becoming cause for worry and it poses threat not only to Europe but to the Geo political equations and the future of global business as well.