The New World Disorder: 2026 Geopolitical Risk & The "Illiberal International" Economy | Foreign Affairs Breakdown
Is the global economy fragmenting beyond repair? In this episode, we analyze the January/February 2026 issue of Foreign Affairs to map the new rules of Great Power Competition.
We explore how the "Illiberal International" (led by China and Russia) is rewriting the rules of finance and trade, moving the world from a rules-based order to a transactional survival-of-the-fittest.
Executive Briefing:
Illicit Finance as Statecraft: How authoritarian regimes use "networked illiberal finance" to bypass Western sanctions.
The 5 Frontiers of Conflict: Analyzing Beijing's push for dominance in the…
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