Will Asia-Pacific tensions lead to conflict?

There is now a consensus among practitioners and analysts alike that the rules and institutions that have governed international affairs so effectively since the end of World War II are increasingly dysfunctional or altogether malfunctioning.

This alarming phenomenon is broadly referred to as the “unravelling” and “disorder” of the global system. It afflicts the world trading system, featuring elusive multilateral agreements, and the international financial system, beset with regular bouts of crisis and disruptions.

Across regions that constitute international life, from North America and Europe to the Middle East and Asia, centrifugal forces are running amok as global centres of power and authority from the United Nations (UN) and the myriad other international institutions are coming loose at the seams.

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