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2009 is not really a special number to be remembered, but it promises to be an important year of our history. This year marks the change of the world order challenging through the financial crisis and the Green race. And it also promises to deliver an alternation in the US foreign policy aiming to fix the damage from Bush; Obama became the first black president of the United States of America, who dreams to create a “melting pot” in this mixed culture.

First of all, America will be saved politically and culturally. Next year, 2009, the White House will be in the hand of the first-time black president. The elect-president is trying hard to ease the tension in the Middle East with oil-controlling nations aiming to reducing cost from the war and threats from the terrorists. The Iraq war has also isolated the US from the world caused from the rising spirit of anti-Americanism. It is a bad position in the hand of a potential leader.

Economically, the Bush Administration has caused so many troubles for our nation. The financial crisis submerges super-powers and many other countries in debt; but Bush actions made it worse for the States. The campaign “Change” has so much similarity with the “New Deal” of Franklin Roosevelt 70 years ago  during the Great Depression. He aimed to fix the economy, education and healthcare system.

The crisis is also a challenge to rising nations and a threat to developed countries as well. The power has been shifting to other crowded places such as China, India, Russia and Brazil. National leaders of these nations will be in the responsibilies for driving their countries on the right directions. The financial storm hits and changes the world order. This can be observed in GDP of nations. Developed nations are suffering a crisis which promotes unemployment and drags the GDP growth (%) down to the negative sign. These include the US (-0.2), the UK (-1), France (-0.1), Italy (-0.3). While developing nations is still sharing the wealth during this downturn economy. India (6.5), China (8.0), and Russia (4.0) are cheering for their growing economy with high percentage on the GDP growth.

Beside the crisis comes a new chance which is also a threat to the current world order. Global Warming has been hitting hard on the climate urging nations, scientists and corporations to join the Green Revolution. We begin to see more electrical cars on the market. Japanese automobiles with high fuel-efficiency is climbing to the top the selling rank, while the US auto corporations are gradually kicked out of the game due to its lack in technological update. The Green Revolution also comes with the paperless campaign. We see more reading device are invented replacing tons of books and newspapers. Amazon with the Kindle, Sony with the PRS-700, Irex with theIliad; and next year will see the plastic reading device from Logic Plastic, a piece of plastic which can show word on a paper-like screen. Nations will compete each other to dominate the world’s future renewable energy sourcing from the Sun, winds and other way as well.

The race for electrical cars

A piece of plastic replacing tons of newspaper.

Whoever escapes the 2008 crsis first or take over the domination on renewable energy will be placed on top of the future rank. The coalition of China and Japan is promising to reach the crown.