2025 did not bring resolution, but suspension. In this year-end reflection, The Axis looks back at a world where wars stalled instead of ending, power circulated without legitimacy, and peace became a matter of language rather than guarantees. From Ukraine and Gaza to Europe’s uneasy rearmament and America’s growing unpredictability, the episode traces a deeper pattern beneath the headlines: a global order that did not collapse, but quietly lost its center. Rather than offering closure or predictions, it asks what it means to think and act in a world where nothing is automatic anymore — and why the struggle over narrative has become one of the last decisive battlegrounds of politics.
