The other wall

Just about the same time the Berlin wall was torn down, many new walls were created making the over-all global picture less proud to celebrate. It was the fall of the then super power, the Soviet Union whose staggering communist foundation stumbled without little or no preparation for the sudden change. There goes the ever increasing list of the not-so happy allies looking for new directions to follow. Some made their way to a more sustainable system of government by creating adoptive mechanisms to cope with the new world order. Many other countries though, found themselves facing a more challenging giant made over night from pre-existing little internal problems that were considered manageable at first sight. After the end of the cold war, the little internal problems got more than what they bargained for. It has become the major factor for the separation of the otherwise fairly well intentioned regional integrations whose fate was regrettably self destructive.

The seemingly positive turn of events that characterized the opening up of a new era where countries that were under the self made prison of the Soviet communist ideology, known as the Iron Curtain, happened to be the beginning of a long journey whose final destination has been ambiguous for quite a while. The last twenty years have been preoccupied with a show of muscle to those who wanted to test the existence of super powers as we knew them. It has been a hell of new developments from corners that were least expected. The end of the cold war had to fill the vacuum that the Soviet communist power house had left behind. It is not yet replaced but while the emergence of regional and ethnic conflicts has been playing the major role, the expansion of religious fundamentalism is pulling the current civilization back to the 16th century. It is like reminding us that the history we passed centuries ago may need a thorough revision to get the future prospect of the impending civilization straight. It is becoming ever evident many of us will not be ready for this increasingly strange looking world of ours.

What needs to be done? This is a question that has never been as hard to answer as it ever had been in the past. Why the rest of the world is in turmoil and under unwarranted separations is being related to the demise of the Soviet Union which was one of the pillars of world super power supports that was keeping the balance of world stability. The cold war had to be resolved by a winner, but the long awaited outcome came at the expense of the smaller countries scrambling in search of their belonging. It is not yet clear if we are finally approaching a settling planet of ours. Until then, the dilemma about where we are directed is a question that poses itself every day.