The United States and Metamorphoses of the Power The century that has passed since the European outbreak of the first world-wide conflict also witnessed the most radical changes in the nature of power, its manifestations and its effects. Power was aligned in accordance with the political and legal order developed by the United States, as manifested in the Charter of the United Nations. Power evolved also in terms of form together with the emergence of a new European model and as a result of the ‘digital revolution’, which enabled groups or even individuals to challenge the state in areas which had previously seemed restricted to the government. However, the fundamental forces that drive power still shape the world order.