A 1900 illustration in which Uncle Sam straddles the Americas while wielding a stick that reads “Monroe Doctrine 1824-1905.” (Louis Dalrymple/Wikimedia) The outcome in Venezuela, Ukraine and Taiwan will determine the next world order. By Nathan Gardels Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine. He is also the co-founder of and a senior adviser to the Berggruen Institute. The most dangerous moment in geopolitics is when the old order no longer prevails, but the new one is still unsettled. In this circumstance, there is not so much a vacuum as a cloud of uncertainty. Everything is up in the air. Expectations, … Continue reading A Test Of Great Power Spheres Of Influence