It is the “third world war”, the first world war of the twenty first-century and the first of the Internet era.
It is a global war because its economic and political impact is going to transform the old-world order. And it is an Internet era conflict because it will be decided entirely by the capacity of different states to gather and analyze data in order to minimize the spread of the invisible enemy.
The paradox, however, is that the West appears to be about to lose this war, after having triumphed in the conflicts of the twentieth century. As a result, a massive redistribution of resources will follow and will dramatically shift the balance of power towards the East and away from the West of the world, in a way which would have been unthinkable only a few years ago.
