YACOOB ABBA OMAR: What’s next in the murky world of geopolitics and Asia?
The pursuit of peace in the world should be the concern of all of us
No rational person committed to humanity’s peace and prosperity can celebrate the wanton destruction of entire cities, or the senseless and merciless mowing down of an entire population whose members are already emaciated due to the hunger and starvation imposed on them.
In moments like this it is useful to consider the perspectives of different geopolitical scenarios. Generally, they can be consolidated into five themes: great power competition (with US-China rivalry as the central axis), climate change and environmental pressures, technological disruption (particularly artificial intelligence, automation, cyber capabilities), demographic shifts (including the contradictory trends of ageing populations in developed countries and youth bulges elsewhere), and economic transformation and potential deglobalisation. ..
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