Roger Cohen: When Fear Breaks

Seismic shifts are underway, says Roger Cohen. Some of them are predictable: the continuous anamorphosis of US - China equation. Other shifts were unpredictable: nobody could foresee the Arab Spring, because nobody can predict the human spirit. We live times of huge changes. The question is not whether they are good for us or not: they happen and that's it. We need to understand them and see where we are. I recommend an article by Roger Cohen from today's NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/opinion/10iht-edcohen10.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

(Zoon Politikon)