"Novus ordo mundi" ("New world order")
DOCTRINEOriginally the commission believed it could plot out the blueprint for a peaceful "international system" where no single country vied for supremacy. At the time it sounded nefarious; today it seems hopelessly naïve. These days, Trilateral has been reduced to a global chamber of commerce. Hands are shaken, various task forces publish their research in the form of "Triangle Papers," but history seems to have trampled the hope that a roomful of businessmen could convert the global game of tug-of-war into something more like cat's cradle.


