Countries now prioritize control over efficiency…

30 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Dan Novaes argues that globalization is shifting: nations now prioritize national interest and control over efficiency—shortening supply chains, tightening trade rules, and protecting strategic industries—driven by uncertainty (pandemics, conflicts). Cooperation continues but becomes selective, trust declines, and international decision-making grows slower and more complex as multiple competing systems replace a single global order.

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Global cooperation used to feel like the direction of history. Countries traded more shared systems and depended on each other. That trend is changing. Today, countries focus more on national interest than global coordination. Supply chains are shortened. Trade rules are tightened. Strategic industries are protected. This shift comes from uncertainty, pandemics, conflicts. Governments realize dependence can become risk, so they prioritize control over efficiency. This doesn't mean globalization is ending. It means cooperation is becoming selective. Countries still work together, but with limits. Trust is lower. Planning is cautious. Geopolitics is no longer about building one global system. It's about managing many competing ones. That's why international decisions feel slower and more complex.