New World Re-Ordering
Mario Candeias
What should we call the current era?
Post-everything? Or perhaps, the interregnum? Whatever the name it
should be given, the current period is characterized by neoliberal
trans-nationalization. In addition, U.S. hegemony has been under
question since the beginning of this
period. In fact, the Empire is no longer U.S.-American and a change in
hegemony is in full swing. Despite what world-systems theorists such as Giovanni Arrighi suggest, the balance does not seem to be tipping toward China. Nevertheless, as Niall Ferguson points out, it is moving
toward Chimerica.
Furthermore, since the beginning of the global financial crisis, no
project has been in sight that could reorganize the active consensus of
the subalterns, move perspectives on accumulation one step up the
ladder, and provide a position capable of establishing a new world
order.
Post-everything? Or perhaps, the interregnum? Whatever the name it
should be given, the current period is characterized by neoliberal
trans-nationalization. In addition, U.S. hegemony has been under
question since the beginning of this
period. In fact, the Empire is no longer U.S.-American and a change in
hegemony is in full swing. Despite what world-systems theorists such as Giovanni Arrighi suggest, the balance does not seem to be tipping toward China. Nevertheless, as Niall Ferguson points out, it is moving
toward Chimerica.
Furthermore, since the beginning of the global financial crisis, no
project has been in sight that could reorganize the active consensus of
the subalterns, move perspectives on accumulation one step up the
ladder, and provide a position capable of establishing a new world
order.
