Heinz Theisen is a political scientist and author. His most recent book is Selbstbehauptung: Warum Europa und die westliche Welt sich begrenzen müssen, Reinbek: Olzog (an imprint of Lau Verlag), 2022.
The most important distinction now runs between globalists and protectionists. The continuing reference to the old Left to Right coordinate system hinders us in our search for a middle ground between the local and the global.