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While the crisis proceeds: a world redistribution of economic power?
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The crisis has drawn attention to the fact that not only emerging powers but other
regions of the world as well may be offering different development models and may
constitute into alternative, in some dimensions more positive agents, in the conduct of
the present stage of globalisation. Notwithstanding, the traditional western powers have
not lost a large amount of control of the world economy. And the crisis proceeds,
reallocating world power as in a Hobbesian anarchy. It is difficult to foresee smooth
developments in the near future. On the contrary, multilateralism seems to be losing
ground to unilateral action or bilateral arrangements. More or less disguised currency
wars may lead to serious disequilibria, and turf wars may become more frequent, with
motives ranging from securing captive markets to control of specific commodities and
energy goods, or targeted regulatory frameworks. As economic policy becomes even
more involved with defence and security affairs, the feedbacks from each side to the
other seem likely to keep dissent and animosity high, rather than contributing to
peaceful and constructive approaches. A more trouble-prone world may be easily
expected.