What Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are each individually trying to do is upset the balance of power in key regions (Eastern Europe, Middle East, East Asia), but collectively they are trying to shift the balance of power in all of the key regions that make up Eurasia and undermine the rules and norms that the U.S. and its friends established to contain Eurasian anarchy after 1945.

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Hal Brands

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if you put it all together what they are trying to do is shift the balance of power uh in all of the key regions that make up Eurasia and to undermine the rules and the Norms that have structured the international order that the US and its friends put in place

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'We’re Living In a Pre-War World. Great Power War Is No Longer Unthinkable.' | Ep. 49 Hal BrandsDecoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:56:42 AM

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