"New World Order"

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This paper explains that the term "new world order" was first used by then-President George H.W. Bush and his peers in the early 1990s to describe new alignments of power after Communism's initial collapse in 1991. The author suggests that today, the "new world order" is one in which (1) trans-global corporate power is, in and of itself, a "power player" like never before and (2) the U.S., France, Russia and Britain are fighting terrorism primarily from Islamic religious followers. The paper expresses concern that, since 9/11, changing social values include an increased willingness on the part of many American citizens as well as many British, Spanish and other ones who now feel directly threatened by the specter of terrorism, to give up voluntarily many basic rights and freedom such as the use of video public surveillance.

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"In essence, then, today's post-911 "New World Order" has become a more scared one - far more scared today, in fact, than when the post-World War II Communist threat was taken seriously. Increasingly, moreover, just as, when in the four or five decades following World War II, the Eastern and Western worlds were polarized against one another (e.g., the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union and its allies, and China and its allies), the non-Islamic and Islamic worlds are now similarly polarized. Meanwhile, as America focuses on Iraq, where no nuclear danger exists, North Korea has developed nuclear arms; Iran is well on the way to doing so, and China remains as formidable as ever."

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