2025.06.19 19:17 GMT+8

Watch: Deep Dive – Westad on power, ideology and the future of our world

Updated 2025.06.19 19:17 GMT+8
CGTN

Is history repeating itself or just rhyming once again? As the world faces deepening ideological rifts, resurging spheres of influence, and a breakdown in global governance, understanding today's disorderly world demands a long historical view. In this special edition of CGTN's Deep Dive, Wang Guan talks to Professor Odd Arne Westad, a renowned Yale historian and global Cold War scholar, exploring the evolution of China's role in the world, the myth of a "new Cold War," and the shifting balance of global power. From the rise of the Global South to Europe's search for autonomy and the China-U.S. rivalry to the prospects for "managed competition," Westad offers rare insight into the past to better navigate the present. Can multilateralism survive amid fragmentation? Can history serve not as a trap but as a guide? Tune in to CGTN at 2:00 p.m. BJT on June 20 for Deep Dive.

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