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href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/opinion/19iht-edmahbubani19.html?_r=1">See
New York Times Op-Ed b</a>y Singapore's Kishore Mahbabuni where
he says:<br>
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First, the world has changed structurally, yet our systems for
managing global affairs have not adapted. In the past, when the
billions of citizens of planet earth lived in separated countries,
it was like having an ocean of separate boats. Hence, the postwar
order created rules to ensure that the boats did not collide; it
created rules for cooperation. </p>
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Up until now, this arrangement has worked well. World War III did
not follow World Wars I and II. But today the world’s seven
billion citizens no longer live in separate boats. They live in
more than 190 cabins on the same boat. Each cabin has a government
to manage its affairs. And the boat as a whole moves along without
a captain or a crew. </p>
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The world is adrift....<br>
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<p>Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
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