The last few posts I have been focussing on Europe and the Ukraine situation. There are major works in the process not only to resolve this matter but what will happen in Europe and the world beyond.
A New World Order is rising. To replace the last New World Order which arose out of the famous Yalta Conference (1945) just before the end of the Second World War. The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the leaders of the Allied powers. Its purpose was to plan the future of Europe and establish peace after the defeat of Nazi Germany.
The three main participants were President Roosevelt of the United States; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain; and Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. The conference was held at the Livadia Palace in Yalta, Crimea (Russia), from 4 to 11 February 1945. Without a doubt all three were superpowers at that time. The United States was a scientific, military and economic superpower. The British were a scientific, military superpower and a world empire - althought getting old and tired. The Soviet Union was a scientific, military superpower and (counting the communist countries in Europe) controlled almost 16% of the world's land area. There were no other countries or leaders who came close to the power and the might of the US, Britain and the Soviet Union.
The three world leaders discussed how to defeat Germany, divide Germany into occupation zones after the war, and establish the United Nations to promote international peace and security. They also discussed the future of Poland and other European countries, as well as the Soviet Union's role in the war against Japan.
The Yalta conference took place because the Allies wanted to coordinate their final military efforts and agree on how Europe would be governed after the war. The three leaders negotiated and reached agreements through meetings involving their military commanders, diplomats and advisers.
The Yalta Conference helped shape the post-war world and laid the groundwork for the establishment of the United Nations. It did not relieve tensions between the Western powers and the Soviet Union, which led to the Cold War which lasted for 44 years until 1989.
There is going to be another Yalta type meeting on November 19th 2026 in China. A three-way meeting will be held between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The summit will be separate and take place outside the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen, China on 18–19 November 2026.
Mr Putin will want an outcome to the war in Ukraine. Mr Trump will pursue diplomatic negotiations to end the war and also manage wider security and economic tensions in the Middle East plus the US sanctions against Russia and China (which does not benefit the US and does not harm Russia or China).
Mr Xi Jinping has to play the host plus China is now almost the No. 1 military and economic superpower. Plus the Chinese and Russian economies have become inseparable.
Mr Putin wants to end the war in Ukraine. He will keep the Russian speaking areas, the cities and towns in Ukraine founded by Russian Empress Catherine the Great (1762). Catherine was a German princess who married the future Russian Emperor Peter III. In 1762 she deposed her husband and became Empress of Russia.
Mr Trump said on 19 October that he wants to focus on denuclearisation, trade and other issues. Iran and the wider Middle East could become background horse trading issues, part of a wider package. The Ukraine settlement requires agreement about territory, security guarantees, easing up US sanctions and maintaining a ceasefire.
The European people are getting tired over the Ukraine war. Ms Marine Le Pen in France has said the following:
1. France cannot keep financing Ukraine, presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says Thursday, 15th October 2026
2. "We can no longer do this": Le Pen opposes further financial support for Ukraine October 16 2026
Marine Le Pen said that after winning in 2027, she would end financial aid to Ukraine within six months. She is also opposed to Ukraine joining the EU.
So France and Germany will be out of the Ukraine war soon. The future of NATO and the EU is now uncertain. Only the little politicians from the little countries in Europe are becoming hysterical because minus NATO or the EU there will be less grand balls and annual dinners where they can play dress up.
This time around there is a vast difference between the Yalta Conference of 1945 and the Summit between Mr Putin, Mr Trump and Mr Xi Jinping in Shenzhen. In 1945 the US was a democracy, a scientific marvel, a military and economic superpower. Britain still wanted to keep its colonial possessions. In 1917 Russia and the USSR had just converted to the new religion of communism. And within 28 years communism controlled 16% of the world's land area from Lithunia to Siberia. Surely communism must be the godless gift to mankind. So Yalta in 1945 was a meeting between three widely different superpowers - the only common factor was that all three leaders were white.
In Shenzhen all three leaders represent free market, capitalist countries. Two of them Russia and China opted out of their religion of communism which lasted 72 years in Russia and only about 40 years in China. All three Russia, China and the US are ardent believers in free trade, open economies and basically the capitalist system. This is the main difference from 1945. And the world's almost no 1 super power is non white.
The outcome of this meeting could set the stage for great cooperation, peace and prosperity in the world for the next 50 years. In the United States it is most likely that the next president will also be a Republican. If it is not Mr Donald Trump, there is growing enthusiasm for Marco Rubio becoming the next American president. There are strong suggestions that Donald Trump will be allowed to run for president again.
Western Europe is in a phase of what-am-I, who-am-I, do you know where I am going to and that type of confusion. The rest of the world (South America, Africa, large chunks of Asia) will remain exotic. The Arab and Islamic countries will remain confused, chaotic, corrupt, violent and murderous.


