New era, joint progress Chinese modernization empowers multi-dimensional China-Spain cooperation beyond ideological divides We are not witnessing mere cyclical changes, but a genuine change of era. The international order established after World War II, and subsequently reorganized under a unipolar logic following the end of the Cold War, shows undeniable signs of structural exhaustion. The global system, historically anchored around the centrality of the Atlantic bloc led by the United States and NATO, has hardened into a rigid, asymmetrical architecture increasingly disconnected from the emerging multipolar reality of the 21st century. Genuine multilateralism has been undermined by zero-sum geopolitical competition, the imposition of unilateral economic sanctions and a distinctly selective application of the principles of international law. In this complex landscape, the language of cooperation and shared development has been progressively supplanted by the rhetoric of confrontation and a retreat into commercial and strategic blocs. Faced with this conceptual paralysis, fundamental notions such as "political parties" and "social governance" should be profoundly re-examined, divesting them of the obsolete categories inherited from the 20th century. Some Western democratic systems are suffering from a structural crisis of representation that erodes their institutional foundations. Some political parties, originally conceived as vital channels of mediation between societal demands and state decisions, have undergone a technocratic mutation. The internal instability of Western nations inevitably spills over into global governance. We are witnessing an alarming militarization of international relations, where constructive diplomacy is losing its central role to the doctrine of armed deterrence. The Ukraine crisis exposed the international system's inability to establish realistic negotiation frameworks. Simultaneously, the ongoing tragedy in Palestine and rising tensions in the Middle East reflect a deeply troubling normalization of military force as a political tool. With several high-intensity armed conflicts simultaneously active across the planet, it is clear that the