From Ukraine to Gaza to the South China Sea, the world is full of crises. International cooperation is paralyzed by diplomatic disputes, and technological optimism is rampant. Technology anxiety As the sole superpower limps toward fateful elections, rivals frantically arm themselves for current and possibly future wars. These challenges are symptoms of deeper historical changes now underway.
“The present international environment is troubled because all its important elements are changing simultaneously.” Henry Kissinger I have written In 1968, a storm of change — colonial liberation, domestic protests, and shifting balances of power — was destabilizing the order that had been formed after World War II, but Kissinger’s assessment also provides a good starting point for understanding today’s troubled world.