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'Two great collapses led a new world order' The collapse of the German wall in 1989 and the collapse of the world trade centre in 2001 were the two great incidents that led the world into a new order. If the collapse of the German wall, which marked the end of the cold war by the disintegration of the soviet union was a step to trade liberalization, political democratization and globalization. Then the collapse of WTC and its aftermath was a foray to the world peace and human prosperity through terror and war on terror. Both this incident is significant in its political and economical perceptive, which dragged the world into two different new phases within less than two decades.

The fall of the Berlin wall on November 9, 1989 was not only a politically dramatic event, it was hugely a symbolic event. This not only manifested the demise of communism but also the emergence of capitalism as the sole doctrine of survival in the international political and market arena, with the corporate giants at its driver’s seat. In the Cold War era, people thought of the world in either-or terms: Either capitalist West or communist East. But this incident brought an end to the great ideological debate and opened the geographical boundaries; this enabled the people to think about the world differently—to see the world as a seamless whole. The ability to think and act globally allowed businesses and individuals to flourish in the neo liberal environment, which ultimately gave way to corporate capitalism.

On the other hand, the collapse of the WTC - Twin tower on September 11, 2001 set the beginning of a new era, which was marked by terror, war on terror, conquest and conquers. Certainly, the collapse of the world trade centre was the most dastard incident of the new millennium, which killed thousands of innocent American civilians. But at the same time, this incident gave license to Mr. Bush and his allies to wage war against anyone. It justified the American led brutal invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and the slaughter of millions of innocent civilians in the Middle East and Africa. The 9\11 as an earth-shaking event enabled the Islamic fundamentalist to rise from the ashes through the manipulation of Islam with ease of access to weapons and man power. Both the forces of terrorism and imperialism are the greatest enemies of democracy and humanism.

If the collapse of the Berlin Wall as a symbolic event liberalized the world economy and human perception, then the collapse of the WTC as a catastrophic incident constricted human security and individual freedom. The fall of the Berlin wall gave way to the era of “Neo-liberalism, led by the forces of capitalism through Neo-liberal policies with the help of commercial institutions like WTO, IMF and WB. Conversely, the collapse of the WTC set the era of “Neo - colonialism, led by the forces of imperialism through terror and war on terror with the help of cannon organizations like al-Qaeda, lashkar e taiba, NATO, MOSSAD, CIA etc. Both this incidents are the centre piece of the modern world, with its own importance and consequences which resulted into a New World Order.