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First came the apocalyptic
collapse
of fascism as Hitler took Germany with him into a collective suicide.
The war in Afghanistan in the 1980s finally exhausted the Soviet Union’s military and economic potential, impelling it to abandon its satellites in Europe and finally to
collapse.
Based on this history, it seems likely that Russia’s effort to contain perceived enemies will lead only to economic
collapse
and political disarray, forcing the country’s elites to step away from their geopolitical aspirations and turn to urgent domestic issues.
But the
collapse
of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 brought global economic growth to a screeching halt.
China’s GDP growth fell dramatically, owing to the
collapse
of external demand.
The CCP, they insist, has proved its resilience since the Tiananmen crisis in 1989 and the
collapse
of Soviet communism in 1991.
Why should predictions of the
collapse
of CCP rule be taken seriously now?
Long-ruling regimes – think of the Soviet Communist Party, Indonesia’s Suharto, and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak – are typically considered invulnerable, even just before they
collapse.
For example, such foundations supported struggling Russian universities after the Soviet Union’s collapse, helping them to regain their status while rebuilding academic programs in all disciplines.
Everything changed, however, after Mao’s death and the
collapse
of the Soviet Union.
Putin regards the
collapse
of the Soviet Union as a major calamity; yet he freely quotes Ivan Ilyin, who became a ferocious opponent of the Soviet regime and was banished by Lenin to Western Europe in 1922.
Arab nationalism and its modernizing aspirations began to unravel after the Arab defeat in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War and the 1986 oil-price
collapse.
In the near term, the City of London will face major uncertainties, job losses, and a
collapse
of bonuses.
From China’s standpoint, however, the Soviet
collapse
was the greatest strategic gain imaginable.
Ten Reasons for EuropePARIS – The euro, many now believe, will not survive a failed political class in Greece or escalating levels of unemployment in Spain: just wait another few months, they say, the European Union’s irresistible
collapse
has started.
Should the Paris summit fail (and it likely will), the resulting
collapse
in confidence in the top-down approach could lead to one of two outcomes.
France is also trying to return to old policies of bailing out unprofitable private companies on the verge of
collapse
with taxpayers' money.
After the
collapse
of the Soviet Union, however, a triumphant West expanded the concept of the liberal world order substantially.
But if the US does use the inflation tax as a way to reduce the real value of its public debt, the risk of a disorderly
collapse
of the US dollar would rise significantly.
A disorderly rush to the exit could lead to a dollar collapse, a spike in long-term interest rates, and a severe double dip recession.
Emerging-market economies delivered solid growth during the 2000’s, and even survived the global financial crisis without a growth
collapse.
This key difference between the US and (continental) Europe explains the resilience of the US economy to the
collapse
of its credit boom.
Baroness Emma Nicholson, the European Parliament’s special envoy to Romania, has warned that unless Romania’s next government speeds the pace of reform - particularly privatization of big state companies - hopes of joining the EU will
collapse.
The
collapse
of the eurozone would, of course, be an economic and financial calamity.
While the eurozone is unlikely to
collapse
in 2012, there will be no definitive answer to the question of whether the euro will survive, because there will be no quantum leap in European integration.
Of course, the overall cooling of political tensions reflects the
collapse
of another misconception of the Bush administration – that the “axis of evil” is an irrational coalition interested only in spreading evil.
In the meantime, liquidity provision by the European Central Bank is the only way to prevent a
collapse
in the price of bonds issued by several European countries.
The euro exists, and its
collapse
would cause incalculable losses to the banking system.
Historical precedents indicate that forcing disparate nations and states to unite under a single idea – whether communism in the Soviet Union, socialism in Yugoslavia, or a shared currency in the eurozone – generates centrifugal forces that can trigger the union’s
collapse.
While Greece’s eurozone partners may be able to carry it for decades this way, and even to bail out Spain, the system would surely
collapse
under the weight of a larger economy.
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