Glenn Diesen about the benefits of a multipolar, Eurasian world order

Paul Buitink talks to Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian academic and political scientist. He is a professor at the School of Business of the University of South-Eastern Norway. Glenn explains why the current international liberal unipolar world order is in decline. And why a new multipolar Eurasian order is inevitable and how that would benefit the world. He describes Europe’s role and challenge in this new world order. Also Glenn dives into the Russia and Ukraine conflict and why the incremental approach of the West could lead to a boiling frog situation. At the end he also shares his experiences of being a controversial scientist in Norway. Find more about Glenn Diesen here, including his latest book The Ukraine War & The Eurasian World Order: Follow Paul on X here: Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:42 The decline of the liberal world order and the return of conservatism 11:53 The rise of the multipolar and Eurasian world order 27:22 Europe’s role in the new world order 41:29 The war in the Ukraine 50:32 Peace vs. escalation 1:02:32 Nordstream 1:07:06 Glenn’s controversial positions and cancel culture