Are we staring at globalization's biggest turning point since the end of the Cold War? With Asia feeling the pain of Donald Trump's war against Iran, with steadfast US allies like the Philippines forced to declare an energy emergency, there's the immediate chain reaction for the nations that manufacture a good part of the stuff we buy here in the West and the boomerang effect for the rest of the planet.
Will they ever again see the United States in the same light? What with a president who favors spheres of influence and one-on-one hard bargains to international rules and global free trade. As so-called middle powers look for alliances that ease dependence both on the U.S. for defense and China for goods... we’ll hear from the French president currently on a tour of Japan and Korea.
At the heart of it all is what literally fuels capitalism, energy: we'll ask about a comeback for coal in short run and the long-term forecasting: will the events of the past month dissuade efforts to delay or even roll back the switch to renewables? How to hedge against a world that right now seems awfully dependent on warring oil and gas suppliers?
Produced by François Picard, Aline Bottin, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Charles Wente.
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Thierry BROS Visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris
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Yuka ROYER FRANCE 24 journalist
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Dawud ANSARI Geopolitics and energy analyst
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Irfan NOORUDDIN Professor of Indian Politics, Georgetown University
English (US) · 