Some years ago—it was during the late 90’s I assume—I read an essay whose author, a specialist on strategy, I guess, lamented and bemoaned the era of the West vs East. He said that, wholesome, the world didn’t get out of it for better, contrary to all previous expectations; and that things were easier to understand and rein before. Conflicts and other intricate internecine feuds, he continued, are breaking out here and there throughout the world; out of control since there is no longer any door to knock at. He held the post Cold War world as a mind boggling pandemonium. Regretfully, I am really unable to remember neither the name of that expert, nor a single word of the title of the article he wrote. But I have a vivid recollection of its substance.

Does it ring any bell, anyone?