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Understanding the recent upheaval requires a grasp of what scholars call Postnormal Times. This is an era of profound transition—an "interim period" between a dying old world and a nascent new order. The old liberal-globalist paradigm is described as dead, even as vestiges of it linger through institutions. The emerging civilizational populism, characterized by nationalism, traditionalism, and cultural sovereignty, is rising in many parts of the world, including Europe and Latin America.