CSIS Issues Commentary: From the Petrodollar to the Tokendollar - Economic Statecraft in the AI Era
August 27, 2026
August 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 25, 2026, by Benjamin Jensen, director of the Futures Lab and senior fellow for the CSIS Defense and Security Department:
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From the Petrodollar to the Tokendollar: Economic Statecraft in the AI Era
Money defines power and, through it, international order. When the dollar came off the gold standard in the early 1970s, the United States built . . .
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From the Petrodollar to the Tokendollar: Economic Statecraft in the AI Era
Money defines power and, through it, international order. When the dollar came off the gold standard in the early 1970s, the United States built . . .