Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 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 gyare-gyaren soja, ta nemi fadada tasirin ta a Tekun Kudancin China da Afirka, ta karfafa matsayinta a matsayin babban iko na duniya mai tasowa; Gasar duniya tsakanin Sin da Amurka ta haɗu zuwa ƙoƙarin "dakatar da" da kuma yakin 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 bakin haure a tsakiyar shekarun da suka gabata da kuma zaben raba gardama na Tarayyar Turai na Tarayyar Turai wanda ya biyo bayan tattaunawar ficewa a cikin shekarun da suka gabata. Rasha ta yi kokarin tabbatar da kanta a harkokin kasa da kasa, ta hada da Crimea a shekarar 2014.