In a World Fraught With War and Danger- Signs of Hope!
(2024-01-06 at 19:47:16 )

In a World Fraught With War and Danger- Signs of Hope!

Russia and Chinas strength to face down United States aggression is one assurance of a better world taking shape.

The emergence of a multipolar world is a reminder that the world has a lot to be optimistic about - despite the ravages of conflict and manifold perilous tensions.

Out with the old and in with the new. There is an unerring sense that we are witnessing not merely one year giving way to the next.

The world is undergoing truly historic changes that are related to the inexorable decline of the United States-led Western order and the emergence of a multipolar global order.

The United States is still undoubtedly a global power with hegemonic ambitions. Its possession of hundreds of military bases in over 100 countries around the world is a testimony to its formidable military strength.

Nevertheless, the Washington,D.C.-dominated Western order - or so-called "rules-based order" - is in fateful decline. The emergence of a multipolar alternative order is illustrated by numerous fora, the BRICS with its growing membership, the increasing influence of the G20, and the dynamism of the Eurasian economies. All these developments bear witness to the demise of the Western order.

The substantial move away from the United States dollar as the premier currency of trade is perhaps the most consequential manifestation of the global shifts in power.

Empires rarely expire quietly as millennia of history show. There is always a hard-bitten struggle to maintain privileges and monopoly control. The fading of the United States is no different. The empire is going down screaming and kicking.

This would account for the mainspring of tensions and conflict in todays world. The proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, the eruption of genocidal violence in the Middle East and the incendiary tensions in the Asia-Pacific with China are all related to the United States loss of imperial power.

Given the appalling violence and danger of these conflicts escalating into a conflagration, we nevertheless conclude the year with hopeful realism.

Russia, China, and many other nations are steadfastly refusing to capitulate to United States aggression.

The United States of American empire is cornered by its own corruption and internal crisis. There was a time in history when Western powers could shoot their way out of trouble by starting wars overseas under all sorts of false pretences.

Those days are over. The United States and its Western partners are bankrupt in every way, financially, morally and politically. The world can see that as clear as the fable of the naked emperor.

Russia, China and other nations that aspire for a new, fairer world based on respect for international law and the founding principles of the United Nations are not going to pander to the geopolitical blackmail of the United States and its dying Western empire.

Despite the grim circumstances existing in parts, the world has much to look forward to in terms of achieving international cooperation, development and peace. Signs of hope are all around us.

When an empire goes down there is much grinding and gnashing. But it goes down and the world goes on.

Happy New Year to all our readers.

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