Latvia's ex-president: Today's world order more turbulent than post-WWII era

The modern world order is marked by greater turbulence than the period following World War II, former Latvian President and Co-Chair of the International Nizami Ganjavi Center Vaira Vike-Freiberga said at a parallel session on “Responding to Global Turbulence” during the 13th Global Baku Forum.

In her remarks, Vike-Freiberga highlighted that the contemporary world faces a wide range of interconnected challenges, from geopolitical tensions and economic instability to climate threats and technological transformations, Caliber.Az reports via local media.

She added that the idea of a once completely stable world is largely an illusion.

“[...] looking at human history, we don’t see long periods of peace and stability. In fact, the post-World War II period was one of the rare moments when the world seemed stabilised," Vaira Vike-Freiberga said.

"The decolonisation of former empires was accompanied by less violence, although, of course, the war in Algeria was prolonged and bloody. The influence of scholars, thinkers, and other key figures at that time was felt quite strongly,” she added.

By Khagan Isayev