The “new world order” was a term formulated by US President George W. Bush in 1990, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and then talked about it with great confidence and pride.
The bipolar world was no longer as it was during the Cold War, but rather, according to the perception of the United States, has become a monochromatic by its leadership, and the world was supposed to become more beautiful, stable and peace.
However, things did not go this way. As usual, developing countries have paid the price of major contradictions and excessive imagination in the improvised and out of reality.
Bush, the father, occupied Iraq under the slogan “the new world order”, and the result was the killing of a million people and the displacement of millions, while Washington claimed that it came to bring democracy and prosperity to the region. But it only brought the national rupture, the recovery of terrorism, and the spread of misery, And poverty.
The repercussions of this American intervention not only were limited to Iraq, but also reached Georgia, Chechnya and Ukraine, that is, the depth of the vital field of Russia, as new wars and turmoil erupted. Instead of getting out of the dual poles, we lived their pain from both sides.
A system that turns allies into enemies
Perhaps the most exotic and exciting aspect of the lesson in the “new world order” was that the United States later turned into an enemy of the countries that have one day ally. Afghanistan has supported the Soviet occupation, then it came back and occupied it. And supported Iraq in its war against Iran, and then invaded it. Its interference in Kosovo, Bosnia, Ukraine, Libya and Somalia did not bring any stability or peace for these countries.
George W. Bush, and after him President Obama and Biden used the same term and talked a lot about peace and prosperity, but the outcome of their interventions was more tears and suffering.
As for Donald Trump, he brought shocking and illogical policies, claiming that he would make the world a better place. But it was not a year in power until the results of his statements began to go in the exact opposite direction.
Since his election campaign he promised to end wars, the world has witnessed new conflicts. He himself entered the Iranian -Israeli war line, the Russian -Ukrainian war escalated, and conflicts expanded in the Middle East.
Within only one year, five countries were bombed in the region with American weapons, planes and missiles. Israel has begun – as the German Chancellor previously stated – to perform the security and military tasks that Western countries avoid directly, under the cover of American protection.
Why does the new world order collapse?
In fact, all these show offers of strength, and these “imaginary” developments, as Trump calls them, are nothing but a reflection of excessive dismay from an imminent collapse. The “new global order” that the United States carried the slogan, in the process of collapse, and we may not notice this well; Because we live in his heart.
The reason for this chaos is that the world order that America has sought to establish was unable to impose itself actually, or that only the United States is satisfied with itself. Since Bush entered the Middle East, the elephant- the slogan of the Republican Party- did not know any reassurance, but rather made things worse.
Iraq has turned into three parts, and its turbulent lands appeared from its lands such as al -Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the PKK (PKK), which made the area uncleal. The subsequent presidents came to protest these organizations and enter the region again, and the result was that Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen turned into an inorganical ruin.
The disaster did not stop there. If you asked Trump, you would have answered that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize because of his “imaginative achievements”!
But the reality is that the world has become worse, more chaotic, and more insecurity. Why? because:
- American capitalism is greedy and does not know satiety.
- The American administration is excessive in self -confidence, to the point of force.
- The American intellectual elite no longer produces human or moral values.
When Europe is insulted by America
The Middle East is not the only one who pays the price, as Europe also faces the same fate due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. The problem is not only in the “Russian threat”, but also in the vision of Trump and his team to the world, as they see that “old Europe” no longer has a place in the equation, and it must retire and come out of the scene.
This was evident in insulting statements to US Vice President JD Verse during the Munich Security Conference in February 2025, which detonated a hidden crisis that has not yet subsided between Washington and the European Union.
Rather, the threat of withdrawal from NATO and the imposition of customs duties was only an extension of this American superiority on Europe. Instead of Europe trying to rise, it chose to humiliate itself, by absolutely supporting the brutal wars of Israel, and Trump relaxed it at the last NATO summit, which made it deserve this contempt in the eyes of the Americans themselves.
America no longer knows what to do
The United States has turned into a country that loses control of everything that it touchs, and it is worsened by chaos and destruction. In fact, she doesn’t know what to do. Whenever she realized that she loses her influence, she was panic and pressed all the buttons at once, in the hope that she would save herself, but she only increases drowning.
While it is retreating in front of China day after day, you resort to the last of what you trust: “The Cow Shepherd”. She sends her destructive bombs, missiles, and aircraft carrier to the Earth, believing that this intimidation will return to her “happy days.” But it only reaps its economy, losing its allies, and deepening global hatred towards it. Then she returns to ask the people: “Why do you hate us?”, And their treatment is more bad.
In short, the more America sought to impose a global system, the greater the imbalance, and the collapse of stability. The global system led by America is collapsing, and these bombs that we hear its sound, the chaos we see, and the turmoil we live in, are nothing but manifestations of this collapse.
Gordon knot is only replaced by the sword
It is normal not to completely absorb what happens, because we are still in the heart of this collapse. We do not know where things are going, nor how the results will be, but it will be almost certain that humanity will not escape wars, chaos, and suffering.
The United States is unable to establish a real global system, and it does not realize that it has only brought wars, exploitation, and destruction. Although there are American thinkers and academics who notice this decline, and they see that the “American dream” is about to end, the Trump administration, which is suspicious of intellectual and academic institutions, has cut financing for universities one by one.
Therefore, the major research institutions and American universities are no longer able to produce solutions to the deep crisis that afflicts America. Even if these solutions are produced, you will not find someone to listen to it in the state’s apparatus.
But it should not be forgotten that America has woven very complicated relations with the countries of the world, and with the global financial system, to the extent that these tangles have turned into something similar to the “Gordon knot” (a historic knot in Greek myths known to be impossible to solve), and it does not seem to be dissolved unless a new Alexander came and cut off his sword.
In short, the new world order began cracking 35 years after its birth. I do not know when it will collapse completely, nor what will come after it, but I am sure that the issue has become a matter of time.
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