Global Economic Crisis and Parochialism

As the global economic crisis has raged since 2008, and as the crisis has moved from Wall Street and has festered on Main Street, there seem to be an increased parochialism. This is a dangerous condition especially in regards to international relations, as grand strategies are forged and crimes that are not immediate to us are committed. 


On one level the American "Pivot to Asia" and  Chinese "String of Pearls" policies are colliding with the backdrop of the Eurozone Crisis, while on another the atrocities against women in Sudan and Islamic monuments in Mali go without notice. The situation in Mali is another epic failure of the international community, that seems to be distracted by the economic crisis, which has led to even greater parochialism. Lost City - By Peter Chilson | Foreign Policy