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October 10, 2012

The Coming Global Disorder

Bret Stephens, Commentary Magazine

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Whatever the precise cause, global order has come undone in the past and may soon come apart again. The undoing will be preceded by a number of seemingly unconnected events and trends whose significance and direction become clear only in the wake of some spectacular event. What might some of those events and trends be today? And what might some of the spectacular events look like in the not-so-distant future?

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TAGGED: Barack Obama, 2012, Middle East, Arab Spring, Egypt, China, Eurozone, Europe, United States, Iran

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