More widely, a fracturing multilateral order is delivering a more unstable and threatening world. In Sudan, a relentless and brutal civil war continues to be stoked by outside powers in pursuit of their own interests. Across Europe, fear of conflict is more acute than at any point since the Cold War tensions of the 1980s. As Tillich observed in a radio broadcast during World War II: “Love breaks out of the prison of individualism and nationalist stupidity. Now, as then, the world needs a message of hope in the darkness.

Source: Taipei Times December 25, 2025 16:50 UTC