On this episode of New Order, we speak to Mohammed Baharoon, director general of the Dubai Public Policy Research Center. He discusses why the UAE refuses to choose between the US and BRICS and its approach to navigating the two blocs, the US’ tariff threats and the boomerang effect it will have on the US economy, why the UAE and Saudi Arabia have been buying up US treasuries at the same rate China and India have been selling them, the UAE’s focus on building connectivity between the Global South and Global North, the UAE’s deals with the European Union despite its close ties with Russia, the approach of the UAE to expand bilateral relations to trilateral and quadrilateral, why cryptocurrencies will be the real threat to the US dollar, the effects of the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine on the emerging new order, and much more.

New Order with Afshin Rattansi will trace how India and its allies sit at the center of a transformation in world history. Power is moving, alliances are shifting, and the rules of trade, technology, and security are being rewritten. New Order is about diplomatic architecture: The networks of power, the flow of money, and the levers of influence that determine who gains and who loses in a world of tectonic transition.