Post-Western era

The post-Western era, considered by some to be a post-American era, is a conjectured time period starting around the 21st century or afterward in which the West is no longer dominant, and other civilizations (particularly Asian ones) gain power. In the context of rising Asian powers (sometimes as part of a broader Global East) or a rising Global South, the terms Easternization and Southernization respectively are sometimes applied (analogous to Westernization).

Proponents often argue in favor of a post-Western era by pointing out Western abuses of power during the colonial and post-colonial eras, while opponents argue that Western values and civilization are pivotal to human progress and an orderly world, and that a post-Western world might not honor them to the same extent as the West has.