Martin Jacques: Burma and Zimbabwe witness the last gasps of the supreme global sheriff | Comment is free | The Guardian 
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/30/zimbabwe.burma
We are but halfway through 2008 yet it has already born witness to a sizeable shift in global power. The default western mindset remains that the western writ rules. That is hardly surprising; it has been true for so long there has been little reason for anyone to question it, least of all the west. The assumption is that might and right are invariably on its side, that it always knows best and that if necessary it will enforce its political wisdom and moral rectitude on others. There is, however, a hitch: the authority of the self-appointed global sheriff is remorselessly eroding.
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