Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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(0:00) Intro
(4:08) The new global order
(8:38) Cold War multipolarity
(13:56) Trump’s problem with allies
(18:10) Does Trump understand power?
(22:58) The dollar
(28:46) Resurgent German militarism
(31:03) Creating enemies
(36:20) Similarities to pre-WWI
(43:33) Lack of international law
(48:35) Cuban missile crisis
(49:54) Davos
(53:43) Trump’s domestic policy
(57:06) Does inflation weaken regimes?
(59:50) Right or Left?
(1:02:33) Weimar Republic
(1:04:30) Outro