New World Order (Essay‪)‬

Editor's Note: A frequent contributor on Middle East topics takes a broad brush to paint a future for international affairs in the 21st century. Whether in this opinion piece he proves to be an accurate or an unrealistic prognosticator must be left to the future to determine. -Ed. Events in North Africa and the Middle East suggest a fundamental change in international relations. This is a tsunami far greater than that caused by the earthquake off the coast of Japan--it foretells a new world order.