The global order is undergoing an unprecedented transition. Power is no longer concentrated in a single centre or moving at a uniform pace. Instead, influence is increasingly dispersed across multiple actors, unevenly distributed across domains, and advancing at different speeds. What is emerging is a fragmented but still interconnected system: a multi-speed, multipolar world with no direct modern precedent.
This is the context for a new paper from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change with consultants JPMorganChase: World rewired: navigating a multi-speed, multipolar order . It argues that a convergence of structural forces - geopolitical rivalry, technological disruption and political recalibration - is reshaping the operating environment for governments, businesses and investors.
The global system is not collapsing, but being rewired, creating new risks alongside new opportunities.
