A complex international political order emerges
November 19, 2014, 12:00 pm
This handout released by G20 Australia on November 16, 2014 shows the official G20 Summit "family photo" taken on November 15 and signed by G20 leaders on November 16. G20 leaders, which collectively comprise 85 percent of the world economy, wrapped up their annual summit on November 16 in Brisbane with agreement on a wealth of issues, primarily economic. AFP PHOTO/ G20 AUSTRALIA/ Andrew Taylor
Surviving leader of the erstwhile Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, while reflecting on developments in the Ukraine, has voiced the apprehension that the world was reliving Cold War type tensions and divisions. Some of those among us with strong recollections of the Cold War decades may tend to agree with Gorbachev but they need to cast a more searching glance at the Ukrainian theatre and outside it before venturing to comment on his thought-provoking observation.
