AbstractAn essential starting point in creating a New World Order is the Triad of North America, western Europe and East Asia. In economic terms, parity has increased during the 1970s and 1980s, although Japan has supremacy in industrial dynamism. In military terms, the USA dominates as was witnessed in the Gulf War. Economic development is essential as a global security strategy but it tips the balance of power within the Triad: will Japan and the USA accept this? Do they have any alternative?