In this last podcast for the year 2025 from the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX), Hussein Askary discusses the tectonic shifts that occurred in 2025 in international relations and the end of a 500-year, Western-dominated system with Dr. Yan Liang (Kremer Chair Professor of Economics, Willamette University in Oregon), Einar Tangen (Senior Fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Chairman of Asia Narratives 15th 5Y Initiative in Beijing), and Warwick Powell (Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology, Australia).