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The World Order After 2025 (By Yuen Yuen Ang)
For mathematicians, 2025 may be notable for the rare symmetry of a “perfect square” (45 multiplied by 45). But its significance goes far beyond numerical elegance—it marks the end of the postwar global order and the imminent birth of a new order.
Eighty years ago, as the world emerged from World War II, victorious Western Allied powers designed a system aimed at preventing another catastrophic conflict. The resulting global order was built on three intertwined commitments: geopolitical stability led by the United States, steady improvements in livi
View OriginalFor mathematicians, 2025 may be notable for the rare symmetry of a “perfect square” (45 multiplied by 45). But its significance goes far beyond numerical elegance—it marks the end of the postwar global order and the imminent birth of a new order.
Eighty years ago, as the world emerged from World War II, victorious Western Allied powers designed a system aimed at preventing another catastrophic conflict. The resulting global order was built on three intertwined commitments: geopolitical stability led by the United States, steady improvements in livi
