2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it going. Globe-spanning supply chains are only possible with the protection of the U.S. Navy....

Kissinger offers his analysis of the twenty-first century's ultimate challenge: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historic perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism.

We've found ourselves pitted against one another like never before. Why has the world suddenly, become so polarized? Our beliefs about current events have us fighting against each other. The anonymous intelligence insider known as "Q" says politicians and the media have created a false narrative about current events that conceal corruption from the public. Some choose to trust the media. Others choose not to. And, therein lies the root of our struggle. In...

The year is 1998. The Soviet Union is dissolved, the Cold War is over, and Bunny Glenn is a lonely American teenager in Azerbaijan with her Foreign Service family. Through Bunny's bemused eyes, we watch global interests flock to her temporary backyard for Caspian oil and pipeline access, hearing rumbles of the expansion of the American security state and the buildup to the War on Terror. We follow Bunny from adolescence to middle age--from Baku to...

Our national and global affairs are in perilous disarray, to the point where extremely sober observers are saying that we have brought imminent catastrophe upon ourselves and that it is just too late to escape. While candidly admitting the difficulty and the danger, Of Thee I Sing nonetheless insists that something enormously significant and wonderful is actually coming to pass on this planetthat like a chick (out of food and space) pecking its way...

"Securing Iran's Future" delves into the unintended geopolitical consequences of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, with a particular focus on how the ensuing power vacuum and regional upheaval inadvertently bolstered Iran's strategic position in the Middle East. Through a nuanced examination of political, military, and diplomatic dynamics, the book provides readers with a fresh perspective on the interconnectedness of regional events and their profound...

This book is my own personal way of interpreting how to fix what's currently wrong with man.

Se trata de la expresión propia, muy afortunada y precisa, sobre la geopolítica actual, proveniente de la experiencia y el estudio. Es el resultado del trabajo adelantado por años, en materia de seguridad, mediante la pluma de alguien que conoce a fondo las relaciones existentes entre las ideologías y creencias, por una parte y, por otra, la actividad proselitista de movimientos políticos y religiosos de distintos orígenes y en diferentes latitudes. El...

"El mundo dominado por Estados Unidos y sus adláteres desde el colapso de la URSS está llegando a su fin. Cada vez más oímos hablar de «multipolaridad» como el término que va a definir el nuevo orden mundial hacia el que nos encaminamos inexorablemente y en el que países como Rusia, China o los BRIC están reclamando su protagonismo. Pero, ¿qué significa realmente? A esta pregunta es a la que pretende dar respuesta el presente libro de Augusto...

« Qui mène le monde ? Cette interrogation en soulève une autre : quels principes et quelles valeurs mènent le monde ? Cette question devrait préoccuper en premier lieu les citoyens des pays riches et puissants. Ceux-ci jouissent en effet d'une liberté, de privilèges et de possibilités considérables, fruits des luttes de leurs prédécesseurs, et se trouvent devant des choix décisifs quant à la manière de répondre à des enjeux d'une importance...