Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Amurka ta ci gaba da riƙe matsayinta na babban iko na duniya yayin da China, tare da ƙaddamar da manyan manufofi na tattalin arziki da sauye-sauyen soja, ta nemi faɗaɗa tasirin ta a cikin Tekun Kudancin China da Afirka, yana ƙarfafa matsayinta a matsayin babban iko na duniya mai tasowa; Gasar duniya tsakanin Sin da Amurka ta haɗu cikin ƙoƙarin "dakatar da" da yaƙin kasuwanci. A wasu wurare a Asiya, Koriya ta inganta alaƙar su bayan rikicin da ya daɗe kuma yaƙin ta'addanci ya ci gaba yayin da sojojin Amurka suka kashe Osama bin Laden a cikin wani hari da aka kai wa sansaninsa a Pakistan a matsayin wani ɓangare na ci gaba da aikin soja na Amurka a sassa da yawa na duniya. Tashiwar kungiyar masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ta Islamic State of Iraq da Levant a shekarar 2014 ta goge kan iyakokin tsakanin Siriya da Iraki, wanda hakan ya haifar da tsoma bakin kasa da kasa wanda kuma ya ga mutuwar shugabanta. A Afirka, Sudan ta Kudu ta rabu da Sudan, kuma zanga-zangar jama'a da juyin mulki daban-daban sun ga manyan mutane na dogon lokaci sun sauka. A Amurka, an zabi fitaccen dan kasuwa Donald Trump a matsayin shugaban kasa a yayin da ake samun karuwar kishin kasa a duniya. Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Turai ta fuskanci rikicin 'yan gudun hijira
a tsakiyar shekarun da suka gabata da kuma tarihin Birtaniya EU membobinsu referendum bi da ficewar shawarwari a lokacin da ta karshe shekaru. Rasha ta yi kokarin tabbatar da kanta a harkokin kasa da kasa, ta hada da Crimea a shekarar 2014.