Who can control the post-superpower capitalist world order? | Slavoj Žižek | Comment is free | The Guardian
Who can control the post-superpower capitalist world order? | Slavoj Žižek | Comment is free | The Guardian
"Back in the 1990s, a silent pact regulated the relationship between the
great western powers and Russia. Western states treated Russia as a
great power on the condition that Russia didn't act as one. But what if
Russia starts to act as a great power?"
Presidents Putin and
Obama. 'Today, the old and new superpowers are testing each other,
trying to impose their own version of global rules.' Photograph: Jason
Reed/Reuters
