Today the familiar contours of the post Cold War era (1991-2015) are changing before our very eyes. A new set of rising powers — Russia, China and Iran — are challenging the post-Cold War status quo dominated by the United States and Europe. The Russians in the last seven years in Europe and the Caucasus have seized South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Crimea and parts of Left Bank Ukraine. The Iranians are gaining ascendancy in the Middle East in Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon. The Chinese are developing a 100 billion dollar Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank with support from key …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
