Today’s headlines are bleak.
Years from now, when we look back on these times, will it be remembered as a nightmarish period or will we be living in even more difficult times and look at the past with a sense of nostalgia?
The signs are increasingly worrying, and catastrophe seems to be a possibility. Today's world is marred by conflicts, authoritarianism, poverty, famine, and widespread devastation across social, economic, and cultural spheres, drawing humanity ever closer to a seemingly bottomless abyss.
Yemen offers a key example of just how strange our world has become. The need to form an international coalition – spearheaded by the United States, the wealthiest and strongest nation – to confront a militia controlling a mere third of one of the world's poorest countries shows the ridiculousness of our times.
There is a vacuum in global leadership, which has traditionally been the responsibility of Western nations — especially the US. But now, distracted internationally by wars in Gaza and Ukraine and domestically by the rise of populism and economic crises, countries once celebrated for their political wisdom no longer inspire.
The current state of the world and the forces that are steering it on this dangerous course call for deep soul-searching.
