The rapid pace of change has taken even the most experienced social commentators by surprise.
The dismantling of the "rules-based order" (the idea that international relations follow agreed norms and rules) by many on the world stage means rapid change is afoot – and we’re not just looking at the current suspects. See what happened in smaller nations such as Myanmar in 2021 with the coup d'état, where the military seized power, disregarding democratic norms and international expectations.
As the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, recently noted, even before the current war in the Middle East exploded, there was "a rupture in the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality".
