"Tim Marshall's global bestseller Prisoners of Geography offered us a "fresh way of looking at maps" (The New York Times Book Review), showing how every nation's choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Since then, the geography hasn't changed, but the world has. Now, in this revelatory new book, Marshall takes us into ten regions that are set to shape global politics and power. Find out why the Earth's atmosphere is the world's...

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...

A thrilling insight into international geopolitics by one of the world's leading experts, examining the past, future, and present meaning of borders from the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, Palestine to Pakistan, North Korea to Trump's Wall, and beyond What do the world's best-known, most dangerous, and most unexpected border conflicts mean for our changing international relationships? In The New Border Wars, border expert Klaus Dodds journeys into...

« 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...

On December 13, 2000, Al Gore conceded the presidency to George W. Bush a full five weeks after election night. Even more intriguing than the disputed Florida election results was the implication of Bush's win for the future of the country and the world. If the Supreme Court decision and the results of the hand recounts in four Florida counties had made Gore the winner, what would the world look like now? Gore and Bush championed exceptionally different...

Este libro de divulgación científica tiene por objetivo revisar, pensar y actualizar los debates más recientes sobre las regiones en el marco del proceso globalizador. La obra aporta contenido académico con reflexiones sobre las regiones y lo regional en el contexto de la globalización en el 2021 y observa las marchas y contramar-chas de dicho proceso, cada vez más convulso con el advenimiento de la pandemia global del sars-Cov-2. Este libro...

La necesidad de superar la polarización político-ideológica en la región, establecer vínculos con otras regiones, contribuir en conjunto a la gobernanza global y definir una institucionalidad propia desde distintos modelos de desarrollo constituyen temas centrales de la integración regional latinoamericana en el siglo xxi, los cuales necesitan ser discutidos y comprendidos para poder enfrentar el futuro. Los autores del presente tomo reflexionan...

Neoliberals thought capitalism would bring about democracy, civil liberties, and human rights everywhere. But that is fast becoming an illusion, particularly in the East, where traditionalist and nationalist leaders are attracting religious, rural, or newly urban constituencies and ushering in an era of illiberal democracies. Peer, who was born in Kashmir and wrote with passion and intelligence about his native land in his acclaimed first book, Curfewed...

Cuando pase la pandemia y sobrevenga la pospandemia, habrá que enfrentar los profundos cambios en el sistema internacional que conducirán hacia un nuevo orden mundial. Dichos cambios cubren diversos frentes: el económico, el geopolítico, el social o el ambiental, y un instrumento como la integración se debe preparar para atender de manera cooperativa, solidaria y consensuada tales retos. En el ámbito económico se produce una revalorización...

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...