Global prosperity and the prospect of war in the twenty-first century T . C . A . SRINIVASA - RAGHAVAN

Public memory is short, so the world has forgotten a very salient aspect of George Orwell’s novel, 1984. In it, the world is clearly divided into three groups – Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. The three are constantly at war with each other, with any two allying to fight the third. Each is so strong it cannot be defeated even when faced with the combined forces of the other two.