Ray Dalio issues stark warning on the global order

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says the post–World War II global order has officially broken down. In a recent post on X, the Bridgewater Associates founder argued that both internal and external disorder are accelerating simultaneously. He described the world entering a “law of the jungle” phase in which power determines outcomes instead of rules. According to Dalio, major powers are now trapped in a persistent “prisoner’s dilemma,” forced to escalate across trade, technology, capital markets, and even ...