The world order after 2025By Yuen Yuen AngFor a mathematician, 2025 might stand out for being a “perfect square”: 45 multiplied by 45, a rare symmetry. Its significance goes far beyond numerical elegance — it marks the year the postwar global order expired and a new one was about to be born. Eighty years ago, as the world emerged from World War II, the victorious Western allies designed a system intended to prevent another catastrophic conflict. Some contours of the new world order — three in particular — are already visible. We have a chance to do better: to build a more plural, more equal and more ecologically grounded world order.

Source: Taipei Times January 04, 2026 16:05 UTC