Mathew Burrows: Forecasting the Next World Order

Mathew Burrows, program lead of the Stimson Center's Strategic Foresight Hub, returns to the podcast for a forward-looking conversation. We discuss global demographic decline, the energy transition, the promises and limits of AI, the future of the transatlantic relationship, and China's role in a multipolar world.

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*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.

Timestamps:

• 00:02:18 Demographics & the Aging World
• 00:06:02 AI, Automation, and the Labor Question
• 00:08:15 Can Population Decline Be Reversed?
• 00:12:40 Aging, Housing, and Intergenerational Tensions
• 00:15:38 Energy Transition, Renewables, and Nuclear
• 00:19:43 AI, Inequality, and the Future of Work
• 00:25:23 The Human Role in an Automated Economy
• 00:29:05 The Future of the Transatlantic Relationship
• 00:33:27 Europe Without the American Umbrella
• 00:42:01 China and the Multipolar World
• 00:47:07 Free-Floating Alignments and Global Order
• 00:50:41 Why Greater Eurasia May Be Best Positioned

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