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05/12/2014 the Cathedral — to Shlomo Gazit As the year 2015 begins, we find • ourselves at the height of a historic earthquake, in multiple dimensions, the like of which hasn't been seen since the end of WWI and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. In the Middle East — within three • years, the "Arab spring" turned into the "Islamic winter" — borders have vanished and centuries of conflicts between tribes and factions are erupting onto the surface. The bi-polar and multi-polar world • we knew has been replaced by a world with not even one geopolitical center of gravity. It is a Gestalt in which everything depends on everything else, and dealing with the challenges requires global cooperation EFTA00683704