Geopolitics From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis

About the Speech: According to Bruno Maçães, a new competition was already underway between alternative geopolitical models prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Maçães argues that the greatest threat to national security is no longer other states, but the environment itself. This, in turn, raises the question as to which countries will emerge as the winners and losers in a new geopolitical order. In his address to the IIEA, Mr Maçães explores how COVID-19 has already transformed the global system, and how it serves as a prelude to a planet afflicted with climate change.

About the Speaker: Bruno Maçães is a Senior Advisor at Flint Global and Senior Fellow at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. A former Secretary of State for European Affairs for Portugal, he is the author of several books, including: ‘Geopolitics for the End Time: From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis’; ‘Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order’; ‘History has Begun: The Birth of a New America’; and ‘The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order’. He advises some of the world's leading companies on geopolitics and technology.