The phrase “new world order” was made famous by U.S. President George H.W. Bush in the context of the first Persian Gulf War when he contrasted a “New World Order”
where the “rule of law” and not the “law of the jungle” would govern the conduct of nations. Bush presented what was happening in the early 1990s as part of the
creation of that “New World Order.”
As the Cold War ended in 1989, what do you think was the “New World Order” then emerging? Was it “new” or not? Did it represent the “world” or not? Was it “order” or
not?
In simpler terms, provide your own analysis for the state of the world by the end of the 1980s.