The unravelling of Pax Americana
The “war on terror”, launched 20 years ago, epitomised the height of America’s unipolar moment. The jets crashing into the dual towers were seen by most as an attack on the soul of globalisation, a project promoted and designed by the us (US) and its partners in Europe. The near-universal commitment to the present war, within the P-5 and out of doors , was an indication of America’s real power. That was a special time and a special world.
Since then, the US has been implicated within the global financial crisis of
