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A 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depicting a desolate battlefield where skeletal figures personify death, wreaking havoc on humanity. Fires burn in the background, gallows stand ominously, and a sea of bodies—nobles, peasants, and soldiers alike—lie lifeless. The painting symbolizes the relentless cycles of power, war, and decline, mirroring the geopolitical tensions of the emerging tripolar world

Paul Kennedy’s vision: The coming tripolar world

British historian Paul Kennedy, in an Engelsberg Ideas interview, analyzes the emerging tripolar world order, where economic strength dictates military power and geopolitical influence

Flags of the member states of the European Union in front of the EU Commission building “Berlaymont” in Brussels, Belgium, symbolizing the unity and complexity of European governance

Europe’s dilemma caught between eagles and dragons

The views expressed here are those of George Magnus from Engelsberg Ideas, dissecting Europe’s geopolitical and economic dilemmas in a fractured world where alliances fray, ambitions clash, and history’s echoes shape an uncertain future