253 - Peter Zeihan: China’s Fall, America’s Rise, and the End of the World Order

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, futurist, and best-selling author who researches and strategizes around demography, economics, energy, politics, technology, and security. In this episode, Peter and Robinson focus on revisiting content from his latest book—The End of the World is Just the Beginning—in the context of today’s developments. More particularly, they discuss, Donald Trump, tariffs, ICE Raids, deportations, how demography and geography will affect the future balance of world powers, the impact of AI on global economics, what the end of the world order could look like, Trump’s immigration policies, and more. You can keep up with Peter through his website or YouTube channel, links to which are below. Peter’s Website: https://zeihan.com Peter’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ZeihanonGeopolitics The End of the World is Just the Beginning: https://a.co/d/bZJES4t OUTLINE 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:09 Trump and the End of the American-Led World Order 00:06:49 Does AI Change the Economics of the Future? 00:14:39 The 2,000,000,000$ Failure of the F-35 Fighter Jet 00:25:00 Why the United States Needs Immigrants 00:33:03 Is There Any Strategy Behind Donald Trump? 00:41:43 Why Food Will Become Weaponized in the Near Future 00:50:39 Why China’s Economy is Doomed to Recession 00:53:55 How Do We Prepare For China’s Collapse? 01:00:37 Trump’s Tariffs and the Fall of America 01:01:54 Was Russia Doomed to Fall Even Before Ukraine? 01:05:51 The Biggest Underestimated Global Conflicts Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University.