In 1993, George Soros penned an essay about using NATO and NGOs as tools to move the world towards a New World Order; a world of “open societies.”
The world order that prevailed since the end of World War II has come to an end with the collapse of the Soviet empire, Soros wrote in an essay in 1993, and so a new conceptual framework is needed to understand the current situation, one that considers not only relationships between states but also relationships within states.
The conceptual framework Soros was referring to was the concept of open and closed societies. As we all know, Soros has been promoting open societies and launched the Open Society Foundations in 1993 to this end. Using the word “open” is misleading. Soros’ concept of open society is not what most people think it is and not what his Foundation portrays it to be.
An open society is a dynamic system that encourages moral universalism. It contrasts with a closed society which is characterised by strict laws, moral codes or religious doctrines. The “open society” concept was first coined by French-Jewish philosopher Henri Bergson in 1932 and further developed by Austrian-born Jewish philosopher Karl Popper during World War II. Popper saw the open society as part of a historical continuum that moves from tribalism towards a system where tradition is critically examined and faces the challenge of less personal group relations.
Soros saw the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (“NATO”) as the only institution of collective security that had not failed. He declared that NATO needed to redefine its mission to address the new security threats, projecting its power and influence to promote open societies and combat the threats posed by closed societies (based on nationalist principles).
A new kind of alliance is needed, Soros pontificated, and proposed a “Partnership for Peace,” which could be a separate organisation from NATO, with a structure and budget. Its main task would be to help with nations’ transformation process to open societies.
In a Twitter thread, Data Republican (small r) highlighted how George Soros’ 1993 essay was laying out the vision for NATO and a network of non-governmental organisations (“NGOs”) to push the world towards open societies.
Today’s systems of NGOs isn’t accidental – it was laid out in a vision 30 years ago by none other than George Soros.
Soros redefined peace and security not as the absence of war, but in terms of how many countries are “open societies.”
“Peace and security … depend first and foremost on a successful transition to open society.”
Toward a New World Order: The Future of NATO, Open Society Foundations, George Soros, 1 November 1993
Open societies are run by outside elites, not by a country’s own citizens
Soros quote: “[Combatting closed societies] involves the building of democratic states and open societies and embedding them in a structure which precludes certain kinds of behaviour.”
This point is perhaps the most ironic one. A “democracy” according to George Soros is not decided by its own citizens. Instead, NATO’s new mission is to impose their own ideology on others and build countries which agree with Soros.
Soros quote: “Only in case of failure does the prospect of military intervention arise.”
Translation: If bribing a country with an endless amount of foreign aid doesn’t work to transform them from the inside out, then NATO will intervene. And that’s exactly what NATO did with Bosnia in 1994.
The new purpose of NATO is to assimilate countries as open societies
Soros: “Therefore, if NATO has any mission at all, it is to project its power and influence into the region, and the mission is best defined in terms of open and closed societies.”
Translation: NATO’s new job is not to defend member states, but to expand its presence eastward and actively shape the internal politics of neighbouring states, especially the post-Soviet bloc.
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