10 events in the past decade that were more important than 9/11

[Chinese-Dragon]

This is an interesting article from the "Foreign Policy" magazine.

The Black Hole of 9/11 - By David J. Rothkopf | Foreign Policy

They argue that the past 10 years in American foreign policy, can be characterized as "The Great Distraction".

While 9/11 was undoubtedly one of the most horrifying and shocking incidences of the last decade, the authors argue that other events have actually had much more geopolitical significance. These other events were often overlooked in comparison.

The ten most important events of the past decade, according to Foreign Policy magazine:

10) The American Response to 9/11 (Including the Iraq/Afghanistan war)
9) The Arab Spring
8) The Rebalancing of Asia
7) The Stagnation of the U.S. and Other Developed-World Economies
6) The Invention of Social Media
5) The Proliferation of Cell Phones and Hand-Held Computing Devices
4) The Crash of 2008
3) The Eurozone Crisis
2) The Failure to Address Global Warming
1) The Rise of China and the Other BRICs

Humanity is now in the second decade of the new millenium. How would you characterize the past ten years, and what do you think the next decade will bring? Comments and suggestions are welcome.

 

[yousaf goebbels]

sir what about the lies of Dick Cheney,bush and blair where they deceived the world and lied about wmd's in iraq and brought destruction to iraq and wasted american taxpayers money just cause they wanted their oil companies to flourish.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

The article is written by an American news magazine. So it is from the American perspective.

sir what about the lies of Dick Cheney,bush and blair where they deceived the world and lied about wmd's in iraq and brought destruction to iraq and wasted american taxpayers money just cause they wanted their oil companies to flourish.

I agree with this post 100%.

 

[harshad]

i would say the emergence of social media as the most important event