As the world navigates a period of intense geopolitical flux, two cataclysmic disruptions in the early 21st century have fundamentally reset the trajectory of global affairs: The COVID-19 pandemic, which paralysed systems and shook globalisation to its core, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which reintroduced large-scale war to Europe and has fractured long-standing alignments.
These twin shocks did not just disturb the old-world order — they triggered a systemic reset globally. What we are witnessing is more than a drift toward multipolarity or a Cold War redux. It marks the dawn of what I call the New-Muco Era-an era in which a New World Matrix is Under Construction.
This is a renovation — and — restart phase, where traditional institutions like the UN and WTO show signs of erosion, and sovereignty is reasserting itself over globalisation across sectors like semiconductors, AI, and energy. The dollar, though still dominant, is being cautiously counterbalanced. At the heart of this transition is a quieter revolution-optopolitics, or the battle of perceptions. In today’s world, influence flows as much through screens and algorithms as through treaties and tanks.