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Article: Who Governs the World?
- Article from:
- Dar Al Hayat, International ed. (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Byline: Patrick Seale
Rarely in modern times has the planet been as ungovernable as it is today. Global problems assail us on all sides, but no global solutions are forthcoming.
Instead, what do we see? Wars, massacres, unprecedented financial crises, unresolved conflicts, over-population, food and water insecurity, pitiful mass migrations, the ravages of climate change -- and, in many parts of the globe, a rash of cruel and corrupt regimes.
Long gone are the days - such as after the first and second world wars -- when a handful of allied statesmen could lay down the law, draw frontiers, reward and punish, and impose a victors' peace. Gone, ...