For Katherine a lot of her job was familiar. The world however was changing. While trade continued to be important the problem of Instability in the world was a growing one. The Commonwealth of Nations had helped in some ways but it was not the cure all. The recent instability in Russia that had lead to uprisings and the need of the Central Government to use force to restore order was something that had to be dealt with. Kurdistan had been created to acknowledge the fact that the Kurdish people deserved to have a nation of their own. The Middle East was seeing a demand for change. The Austrian Empire was granting what was regarded as Israel-Palestine more self rule. It was clear that independence was likely to be in the cards. Lebanon , Syria and Mesopotamia were all likely to demand freedom. The question in Katherine s mind was what should be the position of the Kingdom of Hawaii