Apéro Géopolitique conference "USA-China-Russia: Triumvirate or New War of Civilizations?"
Never since the end of the Cold War has the world seemed so thoroughly reshaped around three rival poles: Washington, Beijing, and Moscow. The Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, dominated by President Xi Jinping, reveal signs of a new world order in the making—a sort of 21st-century Yalta—even as Europe fades into the background and the BRICS and the Global South assert their place.
But this strategic triangle is riddled with explosive tensions: the war in Ukraine, the escalating conflict in the Middle East, a simmering military confrontation in the South China Sea, not to mention the race for resources in the Arctic and Greenland. Added to this is a relentless economic war involving tariffs, sanctions, and technological rivalries.
Are we witnessing the birth of a new global triumvirate—or standing on the brink of a planetary explosion mixing ideology, economy, and military power? Should we fear the outbreak of a Third World War?
Experts:
Hicheme Lehmici: geopolticial analyst, lecturer at the SWISS UMEF University of Applied Sciences Institute (Geneva).
Brunson McKinley: Diplomat at the State Department, Former U.S. Ambassador,
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Apéro Géopolitique conference "USA-China-Russia: Triumvirate or New War of Civilizations?"
Never since the end of the Cold War has the world seemed so thoroughly reshaped around three rival poles: Washington, Beijing, and Moscow. The Trump–Putin meeting in Alaska and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, dominated by President Xi Jinping, reveal signs of a new world order in the making—a sort of 21st-century Yalta—even as Europe fades into the background and the BRICS and the Global South assert their place.
But this strategic triangle is riddled with explosive tensions: the war in Ukraine, the escalating conflict in the Middle East, a simmering military confrontation in the South China Sea, not to mention the race for resources in the Arctic and Greenland. Added to this is a relentless economic war involving tariffs, sanctions, and technological rivalries.
Are we witnessing the birth of a new global triumvirate—or standing on the brink of a planetary explosion mixing ideology, economy, and military power? Should we fear the outbreak of a Third World War?
Experts:
Hicheme Lehmici: geopolticial analyst, lecturer at the SWISS UMEF University of Applied Sciences Institute (Geneva).
Brunson McKinley: Diplomat at the State Department, Former U.S. Ambassador, Former Director General of the International Organisation for Migration at the UN in Geneva
Zachary Paikin: Deputy Director of the Better Order Project at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft in Washington, DC.
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