Stephens: Multipolar world order will quickly collapse if US cedes primary leadership
Trey Stevens · The State of Modern War: Palantir & Anduril Execs on Drones, AI, and the End of Traditional Warfare · Apr 6, 2026 · at 1:08:44
Trae Stephens is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Anduril. He is responding to whether the US can operate in a multipolar world without military and industrial primacy.
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“The moment that you step back from that and someone else has all those incentives you start playing the rules of their game and it doesn't stay multipolar for long.”
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