
No World Order
Tristan Redman and guests ask whether the rules-based order —if it ever existed— is ending and what might replace it
At the end of the Cold War, the international system underwritten by American power, liberal democracy and free markets looked to many like the high-water mark of a new world order. Fast forward to 2026, and that certainty looks far less solid.
Tristan Redman is joined by journalists and experts who had ringside seats to the biggest moments since the end of the Cold War. Together, they ask whether this rules-based order —if it ever existed— is ending and what might replace it.
The series traces key events from the past decades — the collapse of communism and the conflicts of the 1990s to the wars in Georgia and Ukraine and the realignment of global power today.