The Age of Lucidity
There was a time when we believed that the world was becoming smaller , more predictable and increasingly interconnected . Goods travelled freely across continents, energy flowed through international markets, technology connected people and businesses, and economic interdependence was presented as one of the strongest guarantees of peace . The underlying assumption was reassuring: countries would become so economically dependent on one another that conflict would become too costly, cooperation would prevail, and prosperity would gradually spread. For a while, this seemed to work. But something fundamental has changed. Or perhaps, more accurately, something we preferred not to see has finally become impossible to ignore. We are entering a new world disorder . The wars, trade disputes, technological rivalries, energy crises, climate pressures and growing competition for natural resources are not isolated events. They are different manifestations of a deeper trans...