Here's what the major world powers will look like in 2025, according to a Harvard professor

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• The term "world order" is often used to describe the configuration of power in international relations. 
• The future world order will most likely continue to see shrinking US superiority, expanding Chinese power, and a growing tension between the two.
• An increasingly divided Europe, a conflictual Middle East, and a declining Russia will ensure the world will be as illiberal as ever. 
• However, despite an increasingly complicated future, it will be a future more similar to the present than not. 

Lately, international relations hands such as Patrick Porter, Graham Allison, Thomas Wright, Robert Kagan, Rebecca Lissner, Mira Rapp-Hooper, yours truly, and a host of others have been caught up in a lively discussion about the current world order.

Much of the debate has centered around whether that order was, is, or will be "liberal." IR theory mavens out there could spend several days sifting through the various contributions and pondering who makes the better case. But to be honest, I'm not entirely convinced it would be worth your time.

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