21 Seismic Shifts Reshaping the Global Order: What Comes After American Hegemony?

The liberal international order established after World War II is crumbling before our eyes. Unlike the end of the Cold War, when thinkers offered grand visions of what would come next, today’s intellectual landscape is marked by uncertainty and confusion. As the Trump administration accelerates the dismantling of multilateralism, democracy promotion, free trade, transnational alliances, and collective security arrangements, we stand at the precipice of a new era without a roadmap.

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Everywhere we look, the headlines suggest a world in transition, with no clear direction:

• Is this the dawn of a Chinese Century or the last gasps of American hegemony?
• Are we witnessing the collapse of the neoliberal economic order or just its painful reformation?
• The escalating tariff wars and America’s retreat into isolationism compete for attention with hot conflicts in Ukraine, where Russia’s territorial ambitions have upended…