Jeffrey Sachs: The World Order Built on Lies Is Now Unravelling

The U.S. military-industrial complex's unipolar vision is colliding with a multipolar reality where the U.S. lacks the economic or demographic weight to maintain hegemony.

U.S. foreign policy has shifted from self-interested beneficence to a grifting, extractive model under Trump, prompting global balancing through SCO and BRICS.

The global system is a disorder marked by unpredictability, deep technological revolutions, ecological tipping points, and major demographic shifts.

Emerging economies representing 85% of the world are pragmatic actors focused on development, not hegemony, and form a stabilizing ballast.

The U.S. National Security Council explicitly rejected a 1991 proposal to stabilize the Soviet Union, treating it as a PR package rather than genuine aid.

The U.S. has enough ingredients for a good PR package and shouldn't shoot its wad now, as Gorbachev is a showman who will pressure regardless.

Western leaders promised Gorbachev NATO would not expand eastward in 1990, but the U.S. deliberately broke these promises and current leaders deny the record.

Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard exemplifies the delusional arrogance of U.S. policymakers who believed Russia would accede to NATO expansion and viewed Ukraine as a pivot.

American scientific, technological, financial, economic, and military dominance is so great that there is no alternative in the world.

The U.S. lacks choke points, technological advantages, or dollar dominance to enforce hegemony, and a mindset change is essential to save the planet.