The age of rules-based globalisation is fading. In its place, a harsher economic reality is emerging, one where tariffs, sanctions, subsidies, and control over critical resources are wielded as weapons of power.

In this episode we talk with Yash Kalash from The Geostrata to unpack how Trump’s economic nationalism, China’s push for parallel institutions, and India and Brazil’s strategic manoeuvres are reshaping the global economic order. Will the world split into hardened rival blocs? Or will we drift into a more fluid, multipolar landscape where emerging economies finally get a say in writing the rules?

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• The Geostrata
• Young Professionals in Foreign Policy

(00:00) - Introduction

(04:38) - From Multilateralism to economic cohesion

(24:58) - Global responses: Brazil and India Focus

(46:39) - The World Ahead: Multipolar or Fragmented?

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