A New Anarchy? Scenarios for World Order Dynamics

... frighteningly wide. This is a bad symptom in itself, showing that the speed of change is so high that its reflection fails to catch up with it. As such, adequate political decisionmaking is lagging behind as well. From here, we will attempt to outline possible scenarios in which the world order transitions to new ‘stationary states’ with more or less stable rules that introduce a new logic to international relations. Scenario 1. Liberal Order: An Attempt of Adaptation Igor Ivanov: Like Grass through Asphalt There is no doubt that the liberal world order is going through rough times. New centres of power are growing, the US president emphasises ...