Never mind those looming clouds or that biting breeze that just picked up, it's been sunny for a whole week -- it's sure to last forever this time! /s
Those last 50 years were a side effect from one of two global powers catastrophically collapsing. The tensions that drive modern history didn't dissolve when that happened, they were just tabled as numerous contending powers with their own visions of the world reorganized and regrouped. Maybe we can all diplomatically navigate our way past the worst outcomes along the way, but the next 50 years simply aren't going to look like the last 50.
Those last 50 years were a side effect from one of two global powers catastrophically collapsing. The tensions that drive modern history didn't dissolve when that happened, they were just tabled as numerous contending powers with their own visions of the world reorganized and regrouped. Maybe we can all diplomatically navigate our way past the worst outcomes along the way, but the next 50 years simply aren't going to look like the last 50.