Imagine a glass with a certain amount of water, ie half full. There will be those who say the glass is half empty and those who say it is half full. Both are wrong, because the glass is completely full. And if we drank all the water in the glass, it would still be completely full: full of nitrogen, oxygen, argon and other gases; full of air If we take out absolutely everything that the box contains, what remains is not nothingness: it is emptiness; but the void was soon filled. Physics says so, and when we talk about power, history confirms it.

A power vacuum is a term used in politics to denote the absence of a ruler or government caused by the weakening of power. The concept literally translates into English as power vacuum.

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The most prominent historical examples include the arrival of the barbarians due to the weakening of the Roman Empire. Over time, as more and more barbarian tribes were admitted into the Empire, they took over more and more of the Empire’s governance. The Roman Empire was already weak enough by 476 AD. century, and the arrival and takeover of power by the barbarians made their fall official when they captured Rome.

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So, the history of mankind plays into the hands of physics: these barbaric forces rushed in to fill the void as soon as they could, and in this particular case, suddenly and violently; but the power vacuum could also be filled by rebel militias, military coups or dictators.

No phrase seems to fit the current situation better than this: “Weak men make hard times.”

Another questionable and controversial historical example is the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq in 2011. Several analysts agree that this vacuum was left by the United States and that it strengthened the Islamic State; and today countries like Iran regret this strengthening. Other analysts claim that the rise of the Islamic State showed the fragility of the Iraqi state-building process, that is, that the power vacuum was caused by the weakness of power on the part of Iraq, and not precisely because of the withdrawal of American troops. . Perhaps both reasons are valid.

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The latest power vacuum is the one the United States is leaving in economic and foreign policy matters: China has teamed up with Russia and is the most prominent proponent of replacing the dollar as the currency for international payments, along with India, the United Arab Emirates and even Brazil. In fact, China recently shut down international purchases by paying in yuan, a type of negotiation that used to take place in dollars. Before that, the countries that make up the Brics group and Asean also expressed the same intentions. They plan to create a new common currency or give priority to their national currencies. For the first time in modern history, the dollar will be pushed out. To this should be added world inflation, which, no matter how many people tried to justify it, was largely caused by an absurd war financed by American taxpayers.

No phrase seems to fit the current situation better than this: “Weak men make hard times.” And as history confirms: power vacuums are caused by weak people. (OR)