12 pillars of economic, political & military power shaping the future of humanity

Now, a quarter of the way through the 21st century, the US still dominates the world order, but other countries are growing stronger, leading to the emergence of a new economic order. Twelve pillars of power will shape the future of humanity in this new, slowbalized world.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David

What are the 12 economic, political and military pillars of power?
How will these pillars interact with one another, working together to model or remodel both people and the world they live in?
How will the new world systems blend into Happynomy — the Economy of Happiness?

Economic Blocs
Superpowers
World Governmental Institutions
Multinationals and the Superclass
Tigers Are Moving Up…and Down
Mixed Power and Dormant Regions
Lost Regions with No Future at All
Peaceful Networks and Diasporas
Angry Tribes and Networks
The Tech Industry
Religious and Moral Groups
Financial Institutions

Why is the European Union a precarious balance?
Will the process of European integration slow and eventually halt?
Why will economic blocs (rather than cultural and political ones) remain powerful?
Why will several Asian blocs merge to form a single Asian trade alliance?
How has China’s growing inﬂuence reoriented the Southeast Asia power structure?
Why are large parts of the economy ruled by emotions?
Could Middle Eastern blocs bring much-needed peace?
How will the US, Japan, Brazil, Russia, India and China dominate the new world order?
As the smallest superpower, how will Russia be in the position of kingmaker?
As an economic superpower, will China take first place from the US within the coming years?
Why did India gradually began to dream bigger, to dream of becoming a superpower?

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If India truly aspires to become a superpower and stand on equal footing with China and the USA, there is still much work to be done.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David

Why must India embrace a cycle of continuous learning and adaptation?
How does the role of private enterprise in India’s economic international boom reﬂect domestic reality?
How is understanding how to deliver what poorer people need a major advantage over Chinese competitors?
How do international contacts stimulate the Brazilian economy, which is rich in raw materials and human capital?
Why does Brazil have every chance of developing into a superpower?
How are institutions currently attempting to lead the rapidly changing world not performing well and consequently facing criticism?
Why will the constant quest for moral and ethical boundaries increasingly bring people back to religion?
How will new economic blocs find their own institution to negotiate trade and financial or economic matters?
How are traditional financial institutions playing a leading role in financing the new economic order, making the world richer?
Why are international issues important for multinationals that have become superpowers with considerable inﬂuence over life and work decisions, society and national economies?
How will multinationals’ power and inﬂuence be a major pillar in tomorrow’s world, with their leaders becoming prominent members of a superclass?

A woman displays a sign stating "We are better than this," emphasizing the need for improvement in economic and political power.

Extensively reshaping the nature of life, governance and economies, technology will merge with other industries — like finance — to become omnipresent in all aspects of our lives.
#Forwardism: Adjiedj Bakas and Vinco David

How will small, independent Tiger countries (or regions) – ambitious, well governed, bursting with confidence and wealthy – flex their strong economic foundation and efficient talent management?
How will regions, countries and cities be divided into strong and weak zones in the future?
What is the impact of growing tension among citizens becoming poorer because of limited skills for survival in the new world order?
Why do some citizens lack the spirit, ambition or intelligence to capitalize on opportunity?
Why do lost countries offer few prospects to anyone living there, making the people perpetually angry with themselves and at the rest of the world?
How has globalization and new media allowed various diasporas to develop a global lifestyle and organize themselves into powerful international communities that will play an increasingly significant role?
Why has the fear of ‘other’ – anxiety about the purity of national populations, the threat of terrorism and ‘white fears’ of losing the struggle for existence – gone into overdrive?
Why are the anxieties of the powerless being directed towards clearly identifiable social groups, whether immigrants or refugees?
Why do some groups oppose globalization and respond with rage to a feeling of powerlessness?
How has technology connected people, providing more mobility and ﬂexibility than ever before?
Why do we live in an age of sharp religious boundaries — sharper than they have been for a long time?
If autocracies are to succeed, how will they have to make citizens as happy as democracies do?