Relevant

“With the end of the Cold War, Henry Kissinger pointed out in his superb book ‘Diplomacy’: He said, ‘None of the most important countries which must build a new world order have had any experience with the multistate system that is emerging. Never before has a new world order had to be assembled from so many different perceptions, or on so global a scale. Nor has any previous order had to combine the attributes of the historic balance-of-power system with global democratic opinion and the exploding technology of the contemporary period.’ That was written in 1994 and it may be even more relevant today.”

-John Kerry,

Former US Senator, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Democrat Presidential Nominee, 2004, "running against" George W. Bush

Testimony, Secretary of State Confirmation Hearing Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 24, 2013