For the last few decades , these have been the ' untouchable ' issues for western civilization . Being against any of these things made you unelectable in all western democracies . This is factually incorrect , a vast number of elected Republicans have denied and been against Climate Change , deny racism is a problem . Both the left in Hilary and the right are highly supportive of a military presence and intervention in the east . Bush was president just over eight years ago if you ' ll remember . And other western nations have always had a strong right opposition party . I think making assumptions as to what will happen in Europe is a mistake things are very up in the air and could land anyway , we are in a turning point but conclusions should not be jumped yet as to what way things will turn . Russia ' s opinion on global warming isn ' t nearly as important as China and India both heavy investors in combating climate change . And while racism is still strong within China it doesn ' t affect their foreign policy . BRICS is not meant to combat western ideals as much as western influence , it is an alliance whose purpose is simply to curtail western interference . I don ' t think the way the world is moving is running counter to where we hope it will go , our strong ties with China and India will give us greater access to eastern markets which will only strengthen if Trump ' s pullout of the TPP allows China to takeover with RCEP . Our greatest weakness will always be our massive corruption , and I hope that China learns from their mistakes in other African nations and begin to set conditions on how the money they pump into their interests is spent . My opinion is we are in a strong position to take advantage of the changes but lack the leadership to do so and will most likely continue our downward turn .