HISTORIANS love sweeping four-word titles such as “The Age of Capital” or “The Age of Reagan.” For our own era, “The Age of Fragmentation” will surely prove irresistible.
The liberal world order that was forged after the Berlin Wall fell has smashed apart on the triple rocks of Chinese power, financial turmoil and domestic populism.
Global organisations are seizing up, starting with the World Trade Organisation and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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