Into the Storm of International Politics: The New Standards of the World Order

In September 2013, President Obama stated, “We should not be the world’s policeman.” As signified by those words, America has been declining and the world order is being lost. In the Middle East, Islamic State declared independence in June 2014. Furthermore, in Hong Kong, the Umbrella Revolution – a movement against China’s anti-democratic, single-party dictatorship – broke out in September 2014. At the roots of these three movements lie three different sets of values. America’s decline indicate