2026-01-18
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I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
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The world order as we've known it is being upended.
Great powers and strong men are trying to use their muscle and might to expand territory.
And there's no better man to help us make sense of these tectonic shifts than the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen.
The world has changed so much that it's going to be very difficult for a couple of strong leaders to impose their will on everybody.
The danger is that little crises can become big crises and suddenly things start slipping out of control.
One of the things that would stop, you'd hope,
things slipping out of control is some kind of rules-based system.
From the BBC, I'm Tristan Redman in London.
And I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, DC.
And today on The Global Story, the post-World War II era is over.
What comes next?
Could you introduce yourself, please?