I believe the AC will be a Chinese leader.
Mystery Babylon is the US.

Even now the world is preparing to give China power, they laud it as the next 'super' power. A Western economic collapse would probably unite the world to give it power.

The US currency is on it's deathbed. By now more have become aware of the power of currency, and control of it. This makes currency a primary factor in determining the next world power.