Waiting for the New, New, New, New World Order

Parag Khanna, New America Foundation | September 12, 2008

This time, the declaration of a new world order does not depend on the next US president. ++ Now, it is the new economies that are shaping geopolitics, not the US. ++ Moreover, the complex matrix of various actors hinders global governance and, right now, any possible order is regional. ++ The successful policy of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the reorientation of the Persian Gulf states towards Asia, however, indicate who has the ability to be the next global power: China. ++ So if there will be a new world order, Beijing will lead it.