AHC/WI: Prevent the Decline Of the West

Okay, now this may be crossing into today, if so then please move it where it belongs. In any case, nowadays we see that Europe and North America are, if not in decline, then not growing relatively as much as others are, with “others” meaning places like Indonesia, India, China. How can that be prevented? I think a good idea would be for the countries that today, as -relatively- unified polities pose a threat to an established word order, to be dismantled: maybe British colonial government emphasizes on the difference between different regions of India and when India is given independence it is broken up into half a dozen or more states, the same with Indonesia or the Philippines and other countries, Nigeria perhaps in Africa, and China could hav what either an even more protracted civil war, or being broken up into a lot of independent nations, or even the Gang of Four turning it into a giant North Korea hellhole.

Another idea could be a more “unified” Western World. Think of an EU structure arching over Europe, Japan & South Korea, North America as well as parts of Latin America, the former White Dominions and so forth. Free trade and movement between developed nations, more coordination between them and a unified approach towards the places that are up and coming in the world could really change the balance, in my opinion. What do you honk? Another challenge would be a combination of both approaches I guess

Now, that is one part of the question, producing the necessary circumstances to essentially prevent large states developing world from challenging an established order. I’m not thinking of Asia or Africa never rising, just more countries following, for example, Japan or South Korea’s example rather than the Chinese one; more small states becoming liberal polities, economically and politically as well as eventually culturally.

On to the second part of this: what would such a world look like? I don’t think one would need to butterfly the Rise of Japan, but maybe more countries follow its example, what would that look like?
 
EU become more centralized the USA avoid there worst mistake and small one that lead where it is today which is okay but could be much better. Avoid the 2007 collapse. Integrate Eastern Europe into Europe much better. Netur Russia or fully bring into the western world. Have China never undergone there reforms. Avoid the whole
Middle East debacle. Successful Arab spring that lives up to there ideals. Which I turn make the immigration crisi less bad. Watergate reforms be larger and more successful. Have polictal reforms in 1990s that address the issues that now plague the US. EU become much more democratic organization.
 
In any case, nowadays we see that Europe and North America are, if not in decline, then not growing relatively as much as others are, with “others” meaning places like Indonesia, India, China.
Those places are growing faster than the West because they're poorer and less developed and so can see massive increases in prosperity just by adapting technologies and innovations that have already been developed by richer countries instead of having to do the hard work of coming up with them themselves. Short of either severely hindering growth there or making the West never become dominant in the first place, fast growth relative to the West in such places is inevitable until they finally catch up.

Now, that is one part of the question, producing the necessary circumstances to essentially prevent large states developing world from challenging an established order. I’m not thinking of Asia or Africa never rising, just more countries following, for example, Japan or South Korea’s example rather than the Chinese one; more small states becoming liberal polities, economically and politically as well as eventually culturally.
Japan is a strange example to use here, given that thirty years ago it was perceived as a threat to the established world order due to its rising economic dominance. It's also quite odd to see it being called small a paragraph after you call for the dismemberment of the Philippines, a country with 25 million fewer people.
 
The decline of the west stems almost entirely from the experiences of the world wars. Destroying Europe twice and an entire generation of men along with the atrocities in Eastern Europe did absolutely no good for anyone, except maybe the colonial empires which Europe effectively had to abandon due to being too broke to do much about.
 
Those places are growing faster than the West because they're poorer and less developed and so can see massive increases in prosperity just by adapting technologies and innovations that have already been developed by richer countries instead of having to do the hard work of coming up with them themselves. Short of either severely hindering growth there or making the West never become dominant in the first place, fast growth relative to the West in such places is inevitable until they finally catch up.

Japan is a strange example to use here, given that thirty years ago it was perceived as a threat to the established world order due to its rising economic dominance. It's also quite odd to see it being called small a paragraph after you call for the dismemberment of the Philippines, a country with 25 million fewer people.

I would say that Japan is a *relativey* liberal and democratic country. It has adopted many ideas and norms of the more traditional and geographical West. Thus, I would think that it is part of he West. But I would have absolutely no problem if you could prevent the rise of Japan, that would also be something interesting.

I guess what I’m looking for isn’t necessarily for the developing world not to develop, but for there to be no true challenger to the world order. Japan or South Korea became engrained within it, however China or the Philippines are increasingly autocratic. India is more “friendly”, to what one could consider as liberal democratic governance though sill far away.

I realize that it may not be phrased in the best way(even some western nations do not fully abide by this liberal democratic model, and they challenge the current order), but this is in broad terms what I am talking about.
 
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