China’s Effort to Create an Alternative World Order in its Own Image

Featuring special guest Daniel Wagner,  CEO of Country Risk Solutions.

Daniel Wagner has more than three decades of experience assessing cross-border risk. He has worked for some of the world’s most respected and best-known companies, including AIG, GE, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank Group. Until the end of 2023, he was the Adaptation Finance Lead and Technical Advisor on Private Capital Mobilization for COP28 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Before that, he was Senior Investment Officer for Guarantees and Syndications at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing and Abu Dhabi. Daniel has published ten books and more than 700 articles on current affairs and risk management. He regularly contributes to such publications as the South China Morning Post, Sunday Guardian, Diplomatic Courier, and Fair Observer, among many others. His most recent book is "Tales from the Inside: Zero-COVID, the AIIB, and China's Influence in Multilateral Institutions," published in 2025