Understanding Systems - Extremism Nexus in Global South

Abstract

The solution to every severe problem lies in diagnosing and addressing its root causes. The issue of extremism has a strong linkage with systems. When structures of systems get corrupt, people get affected because human mindsets are greatly subject to the performance of systems. There lies a hierarchy of methods. At the top, the international system has an overwhelming influence on world politics, creating an environment that globally affects people's individual and collective life. Below the international system, a country's economic, political, judicial, and educational systems are mainly responsible for making the mindset of people. The dilemma of the Global South (developing world) is that its systems have largely failed to properly deliver that are having consequences of extremism and frustration in the society in general and young people in particular. This paper explores the linkage between extremism and systems through a top-down approach. It attempts to answer critical questions like how methods collectively result in extremism in societies and how socioeconomic and political reasons lead to extremism. The paper finds that major powers influence world order and the international system in their competition for supremacy. This unhealthy competition at the top drives extremism among the population in the developing world