Economics
How Economic and Strategic Alliances Are Changing in a Multipolar World
A guide to the new fault lines of geopolitics—from BRICS versus the G-7 to Lula and Milei’s ideological rivalry in Latin America.
Ilustration: Adam Maida for Bloomberg Markets
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The global economic and strategic order is in for a shake-up. Power is increasingly multipolar, just as US voters are choosing between an isolationist Donald Trump and the more traditionally internationalist Kamala Harris for the White House. History is full of examples of friend becoming foe and foe becoming friend (or at least frenemy) when national interests shift. Think of arch anti-communist Richard Nixon’s 1972 visit to Beijing. With that in mind, here’s a somewhat speculative guide to the future fault lines of geopolitics.
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