In my previous post, I reviewed the main political ideas shaping today’s West (Europe and North America). What stands out is that none of these ideologies focuses on strengthening Western societies from within using liberal values. If an ideology is liberal, it usually focuses on spreading liberalism outward in different ways. If it’s not liberal, then it tends to rely on nationalism or religion to strengthen identity and boost fertility— or it simply rejects any values in the name of pragmatism.
In other words: in today’s politics, you’re either a liberal and treat it as just another religion that must be spread to the entire world, or you’re not liberal at all. Leaving aside the question of whether liberalism is good or bad, this dynamic creates extreme polarization and destroys the political center. The result is not just tension between left and right — it is real damage to democracy itself.
The truth is that many people in the West today, even those who say they are defending democracy, don’t actually believe in democracy when you look closer.
- People on the left often see the right as fascists or dictators. When asked if they respect the results of fair elections won by the right, they often insist those leaders are illegitimate.
- People on the right often see the left as a blood-sucking elite and traitors, and therefore illegitimate too.
And we are not talking about extremists — we are talking about mainstream center-left and center-right. But if neither side is willing to accept the majority’s choice in fair elections, then they don’t truly believe in democracy. In such a climate, it’s only a matter of time before people start calling for a “strong hand” to restore order. And it doesn’t matter whether it comes from the left or the right — it will still be devastating.
Unlike other ideologies, the New Western Doctrine offers solutions to real problems without falling into the left’s naivety and over-optimism about human nature, and unlike the right, it does so while remaining grounded in liberal values.
Its core idea is simple: instead of trying to “fix” the world by converting others to liberalism — whether through the progressive moral crusade, the neoconservative use of military force under the Bush Jr. administration, or the attempt to absorb and re-educate large waves of Muslim immigration — it is time to look inward and make sure that liberalism itself adapts to new realities.
And the reality is this: liberal societies have succeeded in producing creative, peaceful human beings, but they have failed to sustain their population. As a result, the global proportion of liberal societies is shrinking rapidly. If we can solve this problem and restore the demographic balance of power, we can stabilize the world, prevent future conflicts, and gradually build a better future.
Fertility is the key to this solution. But boosting fertility requires far more than financial incentives — it demands a deep cultural transformation. And it is far better to ground this transformation in liberal values than to rely on religious frameworks.
If we can adapt liberal society, increase fertility, and address the fears of right-wing voters in a realistic way, many people — including those who have drifted too far left or right — will return to the political center. This would stabilize Western nations and their democracies.
Similar to the center-left, the New Western Doctrine also seeks to build a confederation of all democratic nations — a natural step given that the real solution lies within liberal societies, not outside them. Such a confederation would create a new political entity with roughly one billion citizens, more than enough to balance major civilizations such as China or a rising Islamic empire.
As a result, it promotes a hierarchical supranational Western identity above individual national identities, rather than focusing solely on them. This identity is centered on core Western values such as freedom and democracy, rather than on the religious or cultural frameworks promoted by many right-wing parties. And instead of encouraging national separatism, it advocates for Western separatism as a tool to stabilize the global situation today.
The New Western Doctrine doesn’t offer quick and easy solutions. The path is long, but every journey begins with the first step — and it’s time to start moving.