Building from the "Rupture" in the World Order

If our country has been awakened by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech saying the world order is in rupture, not transition, the US needs to do something humane about that sharp break and use soft power, not coercion, to establish alliances in the manner Christ Thomas did in Sierra Leone, Pakistan, and Vietnam. Interested in Chris Thomas’ statement that soon 85 percent of the world’s children will live in Africa and Asia, I looked this up and see that United Nations' data for 2026 confirms that close to 90% of the world's 1.8 billion young people already reside in less developed regions than the US. I just finished reading Ian Ewan’s novel "What We Can Know," which takes place in the future (2119), when Nigeria is the world’s dominant superpower. Chris Thomas’ voice of compassion, openness, and appreciation of other cultures is one to listen to.