2026 Forecast: Re-anchoring the World

China has effectively replaced Russia as a global power.

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Global In 2025, we noted that the world was becoming more unanchored compared to years past. Since World War II, the global order had had an anchor, a system of two great powers – the U.S. and the Soviet Union – around which the rest of the world was organized. Other countries could align with […]

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