Whose century is the 21st century?

Global business: The Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya, which was built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation and funded by the Chinese government. — Reuters

INTERNATIONAL politics operates in a world of radical uncertainty.

Academics and theorists have often sought to analyse the emerging world order through a variety of models and paradigms. Will the strong remain strong for long? Samuel Huntington maintains that “power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight, it begins to evaporate.”