A week is not long enough to make an assessment of our times — but not anymore. Our times are filled with events that show us the mirror of the present and the future. This past week, the world has seen an ugly spate breaking out between Western democracies — France pulled out its ambassadors from the United States and Australia over a lost contract to make war machines.
It’s not just about commerce, but about the new security alignments. US President Joe Biden speaking at the United Nations General Assembly hinted at the possibility of a new Cold War and his Chinese counterpart rebutted that there was none. But for once, it was out in the open.
From Texas, we have seen images of scores of Haitians desperate to enter the US, at any cost. The exodus from this island country is the result of economic ruin and messed-up governance, all combined with the devastating earthquake that hit it a month ago and the increasingly frequent tropical cyclones. This is how climate change impacts will exacerbate an already bad situation...
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