The Atlantic rift is no longer a crack; it is a canyon. As of January 2026, the veneer of a "rules-based" global order has finally disintegrated, replaced by what can only be described as a financial "Wild West." Just as the previous era was defined by the raw exercise of military power as an extensive use of "bombing countries and seizing presidents" to maintain unilateral hegemony, the new era of 2026 is defined by the weaponization of the global financial stack.
The recent escalation of the trans-Atlantic trade war has revealed a brutal truth: In a hyper-connected world, true power is not just about how much money you have, but whose "pipes" you use to move it. For the European Union, the realization has been painful. As a member of the European Parliament, Raphael Glucksmann warned in his landmark Jan.
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