Jacob Shapiro: We Are Entering a Multipolar Geopolitical Environment

Geopolitics & Empire

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4.2 • 570 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Geopolitical analyst Jacob Shapiro discusses the transition to a multipolar world order, the state of American Empire, the emergence of new power centers, and the notion of a looming World War III. He comments on Trump’s recent foray into the Middle East, China’s strategic engagement in Latin America, and the fate of Mexico. He offers some tips on the way forward.

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About Jacob Shapiro

Jacob Shapiro is a geopolitical analyst who provides strategic guidance to families, investors, and corporations. He is Director of Research at The Bespoke Group, a U.S.-based wealth strategy firm that applies generational thinking to the preservation and growth of generational wealth for families around the world. His approach blends rigorous, empathetic analysis with deep confidence in human agency and the transformative power of new ideas.

Jacob is a global thought leader on geopolitics and its impact on everything from global markets to supply chains. A prolific public speaker, Jacob delivers frequent keynote presentations and tailored corporate briefings. His insights help audiences and c-suites across industries like finance, agriculture, and energy make sense of the world. Jacob also hosts “The Jacob Shapiro” podcast, which features interviews with subject matter experts in geopolitics, technology, markets, and other fields.

He holds a master’s degree with distinction from Oxford University and a bachelor’s degree in Near Eastern studies from Cornell University. He lives in New Orleans with his wife and two daughters. When he’s not tweeting at 4 a.m. about the latest international developments or commodities prices, you might find him at a basketball court near you doing his best Larry Bird impersonation at a pickup game.

*Podcast intro music is from the song “The Queens Jig” by “Musicke & Mirth” from their album “Music for Two Lyra Viols”: http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

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0:00.0	Welcome to another edition of Geopolitics and Empire.
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0:33.6	and leave a podcast review if you haven't already joining us for the first time on the podcast is geopolitical
0:38.9	analyst Jacob Shapiro who provides strategic guidance to families, investors and corporations.
0:43.9	He's director of research at the bespoke group, a US-based wealth strategy firm that applies
0:48.6	generational thinking to the preservation and growth of generational wealth for families around the world.
0:52.5	He's also the host of the Jacob Shapiro podcast and he's got a substack. The link is in the description. Welcome to the podcast, Jacob. It's so nice to finally be with you. We were just discussing before you record. I feel like we've been orbiting each other for years, but I'm fine. We stopped. I'm glad we stopped orbiting and finally got here. Yeah, yeah, I've been following you for a few years, and I think you followed me back.
1:13.2	I send an interview request once.
1:14.9	I don't recall if it was for my podcast or my former live T&T radio program, but as I like to say,
1:21.9	better late than never.
1:23.9	And you've worked for different organizations, and if you want to just tell us a bit about where you're coming from your background, the worker that you do.
1:33.0	Sure. Well, it's hard to do a short version of that. But so I started my career at Stratfor, which I think along with Eurasia Group was one of the big two geopolitical or sources of geopolitical
1:45.6	analysis in the United States before geopolitics was popular. I worked a strat for for several years.
1:51.3	I eventually broke off and helped George found geopolitical futures. That's a whole story in
1:55.9	and of itself that we might need some tequila to get deeper into. George and I worked together
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