well welcome to sofia coppola's sophie shevardnadze the current u.s. trade war against china is putting the global economy and the walled order at the test so which side has more to loose i ask. former head of the un security council here at the european house for. the center of gravity for global politics is shifting again with america's economic engine beginning to split up from the european juggling old way don't buy internal rows the future is there for the taking for china and india how long before a shift to the east is accepted as reality can the west still dump before control slips out of the towns and the world will a shift in economic world look like. but it's really great to have you on our show today we'll go so lots to talk about we're going to start with your book you believe that western global domination is over. your latest book that we have displayed here actually tell it has the west lost it a provocation so i have couple of questions regarding it heil right away why has the west lost it. to whom hasn't lost it and what has that lost