“How to Build a New Global Order Before It’s Too Late”, Alexander Stubb, December 2, 2025.
-About Geopolitical analysis, ethics, reforms of Institutions and relations for the Global West.
It’s a long article, based on some of his ealier speeches. Here some highlights if you want a very late night/ early morning “Stubb Snack”:
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We live in a new world of disorder. The liberal, rules-based order that arose after the end of World War II is now dying. Multilateral cooperation is giving way to multipolar competition. Opportunistic transactions seem to matter more than defending international rules.
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The next five to ten years will likely determine the world order for decades to come.
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Finland has embraced what I have called “values-based realism”: committing to a set of universal values based on freedom, fundamental rights, and international rules while still respecting the realities of the world’s diversity of cultures and histories. The global West must stay true to its values but understand that the world’s problems will not be solved only through collaboration with like-minded countries.
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Three broad regions now make up the global balance of power: the global West, the global East, and the global South.
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