About this episode

Grant Williams interviews veteran copper analyst Simon Hunt about the geopolitical implications of the war in Iran and its impact on global supply chains and economies.

In this episode of The Grant Williams Podcast, I welcome my old friend, and veteran copper analyst Simon Hunt for a sweeping conversation that connects the war in Iran to supply chains, commodities, monetary power, and the future of the global order. Speaking from his home in Dubai, Simon describes a city transformed almost overnight by the conflict before widening the lens to argue that the struggle over Iran is ultimately about far more than the Middle East. From BRICS strategy and copper shortages to wartime economics, gold-backed currencies, and the long-term weakening of the dollar system, Simon lays out what is most definitely a non-consensus and deeply interconnected framework for understanding a world moving steadily toward geopolitical and financial fragmentation. Every episode of the Grant Williams podcast, including This Week In Doom, The End Game, The Super Terrific Happy Hour, The Narrative Game, Kaos Theory, Shifts Happen and The Hundred Year Pivot, is available to Copper and Silver Tier subscribers at my website www.Grant-Williams.com. Copper Tier subscribers get access to all podcasts, while members of the Silver Tier get both the podcasts and my monthly…

People in this episode

Host: Grant Williams

Guest: Simon Hunt

Topics covered

• geopolitical fragmentation
• copper analysis
• supply chains
• monetary power
• wartime economics
• global order

Keywords

• copper shortages
• dollar system
• financial fragmentation
• BRICS strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BRICS

Products: gold-backed currencies

Books & works: The Grant Williams Podcast

Places: Iran, Dubai

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