A new global geopolitical landscape is now coming into
view as the post-Cold War international scene dissolves.
The latest development is the imminent collapse of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, a major regional power which
served as the major state sponsor of terrorism not only
in the Middle Easr but also with infloence beyond its
regional borders.
The two most populous nations, China and
India, have re-energed as both economic and military
superpowers after centuries of decline. Each saw their
current national identity created just after Worl War II —
China as a communist totalitarian state, India as a
democratic socialist state. Both were primarily rural
and agricultural, and both saw mass rural emigration
to cities and the creation of industrial societies. China
remained totalitarian, but adopted some free market
economic strategies while India evolved from rural
socialism to urban capitalism.
From the devastation of World War II, the nations of
Europe re-emerged while being also the battleground
of the Cold War between the democratic nations led by
the United States and the communist states led by
the Soviet Union. That Cold War persisted until the
early 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed. and
many of its vassal states broke away. Much of Europe
formed the European Union, but this organization
proved to be fragile, and went into decline.
After a brief period as a democratic states, Russia
has once again become an authoritarian state, and
has become embroiled in a protracted conflict with
Ukraine, once a part of the Soviet Union. This war
has also destabilized the whole region, as the EU
nations perceive a larger threat from Russia. The
military alliance of the European nations and the
United States has weakened in this period as the
U.S, has turned its attention to its own hemisphere
and adjacent South America.
In Asia, China seeks to expand its regional influrnce,
but is constrained by the U.S., South Korea and Japan,
as well as by India.
In South America, failed leftist and oligardhial
nations are being replaced by conservative free
market governments.
As jihadist Iran fades, a new MIddle East
geopolitical landscape is emerging under the
Abraham Accords.
Old alliances in the new geopolitical world are
being altered as a new global era is forming.
Some historic conflicts are being replaced by
new ones. Technology, as always, is a primary
catalyst for change.
The forms of the new global world are still
inclear, but each day seems to bring them
more and more into view.
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