International Relations

In Breakneck, Wang blends political, economic, and philosophical analysis with reportage to reveal a new framework for understanding China—one that helps us see America more clearly, too.

On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a 30 month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA's use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners....

“Phenomenal…a jaw-dropping book.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show Named by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Prospect magazine as a best book of the year, this “scrupulously reported” (The New Yorker) and “astonishing” (The Daily Telegraph, London) book rivets with its...

The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world’s most critical resources—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is “pulse quickening…a nonfiction thriller” (The...

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...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Selected as a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, and NPR Finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award "Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics."...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Times "A masterful...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, THE ATLANTIC, NPR The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis. Now with an epilogue that...

Blackshirts and Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology. These terms are often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark....

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street Journal From the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of...

The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global "free market" has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq In her groundbreaking reporting, Naomi Klein introduced the term "disaster capitalism." Whether covering Baghdad after the U.S. occupation, Sri Lanka in the...

This prize-winning and critically acclaimed history uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from 13 disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower....

How the world broke—and how we can still save it The liberal world order that emerged after World War II—and expanded triumphantly following the Cold War—is unraveling. Multilateral cooperation is giving way to multipolar rivalry and conflict. Global norms are eroding. What comes next will...

With a new "10 years later" epilogue for every chapter, comes an eye-opening assessment of American power and deglobalization in the bestselling tradition of The World is Flat and The Next 100 Years. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that...

The shocking inside story of how the Wagner Group made private military companies inextricable from Russia’s anti-Western foreign strategy.

Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected....

“Authoritative… a tale that sits at the heart of the most significant geopolitical relationship today.” – Financial Times “There’s probably no better account of China’s rise to economic dominance as seen through the prism of a single company.” – The Wall Street Journal ABOUT...

Richly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today.

In Islam, Israel and the West, Danny Burmawi makes sure you get Islam right. Writing as a former Muslim who left the Middle East for freedom in the West, Burmawi exposes what Islam truly is: not simply a private religion, but a political-theological system with global ambitions.

The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing—and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum’s...

***NARRATED BY THE MAP MEN!*** *AN INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!* *An Audible Most Anticipated Listen!* From YouTube’s Map Men comes a funny and fascinating journey into the maps that messed up: big time! In their long-awaited debut, Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman (aka, the Map Men)...

Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only about our current location but about the world in general....

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a...

In July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One - the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about - without even looking for it....

From one of America’s leading geopolitical thinkers, the classic treatise on America's strategic mission in the modern world “The Grand Chessboard makes permanent contributions to the national debate over American foreign policy and power.”―Los Angeles Times In this seminal work...

'Incredibly well sourced . . . One of the most plugged-in voices in modern warfare' - TELEGRAPH 'Reads like a real-life geopolitical thriller . . . The fact it doesn't feel like scaremongering says a lot about the state of the world' - Jonn Elledge, author of A History of the World in 47 Borders...

It seems obvious that we should use history to improve policy. If we have a good understanding of the past, it should enable better decisions in the present, especially in the extraordinarily consequential worlds of statecraft and strategy. But how do we gain that knowledge? How should history be used? Sadly, it is rarely done well, and historians and decision-makers seldom interact. But in this remarkable book, Francis J. Gavin explains the many ways historical knowledge can help us understand and navigate the complex, often confusing world around us.

Combining the dark intrigue of a Cold War thriller and the propulsive writing of a novel, Kennedy’s Coup is a landmark work that will change your understanding of America’s involvement in one of the most controversial and consequential wars in our history. Based on a decade of research and...

Nowhere is the dual threat of climate change and geopolitical contest felt more strongly than in the Arctic. Sea ice is declining rapidly, wildfires are burning, and permafrost is thawing. All the while, global interest is gathering apace as the region transforms from being a frozen desert into an international waterway. Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds examine the state of the Arctic today, showing how the region is becoming a space of experimentation for everything from Indigenous governance to subsea technologies. Growing geopolitical competition is accompanying environmental disruption.

What if democracy, as practiced today, is not strengthening nations—but slowly weakening them? For decades, universal suffrage has been treated as the unquestioned foundation of political legitimacy. After the Cold War, many believed liberal democracy represented the final stage of political evolution. From Washington to Brussels to Tokyo, the prevailing assumption was clear: electoral democracy leads to prosperity, stability, and long-term national success. But history tells a more complicated story. In The Illusion of Democracy: How Universal Suffrage Weakens Nations, Mike Feng Zheng ...

When Nations Are Built On Graves A History of Expansion, Removal, and Silence Modern nations often describe their origins through stories of exploration, settlement, and progress. These narratives emphasize courage and achievement while leaving unexamined the conditions that made expansion possible. What is omitted is often as important as what is remembered. When Nations Are Built On Graves examines a recurring pattern in the formation of states: land is claimed before law is established, populations are redefined before they are removed, and violence is reframed as necessity. Rather than ...

The Global War in Ukraine: An Essay on the Changing World Order is not a book about a single front or a single war. It is a forensic examination of how one conflict has become the decisive crucible for a new international order. Ukraine is not a peripheral battlefield; it is “the furnace in which the international order is being reforged,” where alliance choices, industrial bets, and software updates collide with geography, memory, and nuclear shadow. Robbin Laird traces how unresolved tensions from the 1990s, misread signals, and strategic amnesia set the stage for what one foreword ...

The Chinese Century How the West Handed It Over The rise of China is often described as sudden, aggressive, or inevitable. It is framed as a geopolitical shock that appeared without warning and overturned an established global order. This narrative is convenient—but incomplete. The Chinese Century examines how decades of Western decisions gradually transferred industrial capacity, technological leverage, and strategic advantage to China without conquest, coercion, or a single decisive moment. Rather than focusing on confrontation or ideology, this book traces a pattern of voluntary ...

Another geopolitical subseries edition on Curação for the Polyglot Papers, a series designed to help people learn advanced terminology in several languages by reading interesting stories and exposing them to elaborative extensive reading. This book delves into the Curação and US Relationship on the current geopolitical stage.

À la fin du XVIIIᵉ siècle est née en France la « classe moyenne ». Celle-ci n’a jamais eu une vie facile ; elle a toujours dû lutter pour que soit reconnue sa majorité et, par conséquent, sa capacité à se gouverner elle-même. Aujourd’hui, deux cents ans plus tard, il y a encore ceux qui prétendent continuer à la « tuteler ». Et, presque, ils y sont parvenus ! Nous ne nous croyons plus capables de vivre sans « parrains » ! J’espère que ce récit aidera à identifier ceux qui, depuis toujours, ont prétendu la maintenir dans un état d’infantilisme et de ...

Introduction: A Partnership Forged in Crisis, Defined by Resilience In the intricate tapestry of international relations, few bilateral partnerships have been as tested, transformative, and vital as the one between the United States and the Republic of Colombia. Forged in the crucible of a shared, existential threat, the relationship has evolved from a reactive, narrowly focused campaign against narcotrafficking into a sophisticated, multi-domain alliance that stands as a cornerstone of security and stability in the Western Hemisphere. This book, Partners in Security, provides a definitive ...

A Mosaic of Peoples and Landscapes Long before the glint of European sails broke the horizon, the land that would one day be called Venezuela was a vibrant and complex tapestry of human societies. From the snow-dusted peaks of the Andes in the west to the vast, winding delta of the Orinoco River in the east, and from the sun-scorched Caribbean coast to the dense, mysterious Amazonian rainforests in the south, this territory was home to a remarkable diversity of peoples. When Christopher Columbus first sighted its shores on his third voyage in 1498, he was so struck by its beauty that he ...

This book considers nuclear deterrence as a form of authority. It describes the rise of deterrence in the Anglosphere particularly as the rule of economic law hardened to protect a civilization in its deterministic, automated phase.

Rome lasted a thousand years. The Mongol Empire barely survived its founder's grandchildren. The British Empire won two world wars and lost everything. The Soviet Union imploded in two years. Different centuries. Different continents. The same five fatal flaws. The Empire Collapse Pattern examines history's mightiest political powers--from Rome to the Soviets--to uncover the recurring lifecycle that every empire follows to its own destruction: explosive growth, overextension, elite capture, loss of legitimacy, and collapse. You'll discover: Why no empire has ever lasted forever--and why the...

First diplomat of the Kingdom, Mohammed VI a true sovereign of the Africans, after an unprecedented campaign for a consensus on the Sahara issue. Sovereign of a complex kingdom, where the 21st century meets tradition, Mohammed VI rules smoothly with an complex internal political situation. What vision of the future does he pursue? Mohammed VI imposes his own style, a fusion of avant-garde modernity, a sincere taste for the arts and letters, and political skill. How does he manage all those who try to make Morocco their playing field? This book is written by two French authors who live in ...

What happens when discipline enters Nigerian politics—and refuses to leave quietly? In this deeply researched and sharply argued biography, emerges not as a messiah, but as a disruptive standard in a political culture long accustomed to excess, spectacle, and lowered expectations. Peter Obi: Discipline, Power, and the Politics of Possibility traces Obi’s journey from the trading discipline of Onitsha to corporate boardrooms, from courtroom battles over stolen mandates to the national awakening sparked by the Obidient Movement and the 2023 presidential election. Along the way, it ...

Cuba is not facing a temporary crisis. It is facing the end of a system. In early 2026, the lights are going out across the island. Fuel has disappeared. The economy has collapsed. More than a million Cubans have fled in just a few years. For the first time since 1959, there is no foreign patron left to keep the revolutionary state alive. The question is no longer whether Cuba will change, but how. Cuba: Revolution 2026 is a serious, unsentimental examination of how Cuba reached this moment and what comes next. It strips away nostalgia, propaganda, and wishful thinking to confront the hard ...

Israel's genocide in Palestine and the complicity of powerful Western states is undermining international human rights and the UN system. The United States has imposed sanctions on lawyers, UN experts, and Palestinian officials in an attempt to bully and intimidate them into silence. One prominent example is UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who has played an important role in documenting Israel's atrocities and those who profit from its oppression of Palestinians.

An illuminating exploration of the relationship between the restitution of looted art, global status, and the international construction of national cultural heritage.

Cuba no atraviesa una crisis temporal. Está llegando al final de un sistema. En 2026, la isla se queda sin electricidad, sin combustible y sin dinero. La economía ha colapsado. Más de un millón de cubanos han huido en pocos años. Por primera vez desde 1959, Cuba ya no tiene un patrocinador externo que sostenga al régimen. La pregunta ya no es si Cuba cambiará, sino cómo. Cuba: Revolución 2026 es un análisis serio y directo sobre cómo el país llegó a este punto y qué puede venir después. El libro rechaza tanto la nostalgia del exilio como la propaganda revolucionaria y se ...

How close is humanity to the point of no return? In The Way to World Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come, Kenneth Paul Callison argues that war, nuclear weapons, environmental collapse, and fear-based politics are not inevitable facts of life, but learned failures of human consciousness. Drawing on history, science, philosophy, and universal spiritual principles, this provocative book challenges the belief that violence is part of our nature and offers a radically different path forward.

AI in Global Education argues that artificial intelligence can transform education from a scarce privilege into a universal human right. The audiobook outlines how traditional education systems fail to scale, leaving millions without qualified teachers, updated curricula, or instruction in their first language.

The Choice Before Us: Extinction or Evolution We stand at a threshold unlike any our species has faced. The Sixth Extinction unfolds around us—not in geological deep time, but in real time, measured in human lifetimes, in the span between a grandparent's birth and a grandchild's adulthood. The question before us is stark: Will we become the architects of a Seventh Distinction—the first mass extinction caused by a species that understood what it was doing and chose to do it anyway? This is not a choice between convenience and sacrifice, between economy and ecology. It is a choice between...

The Arctic is no longer the edge of the map. It is the center of the storm. As global power competition accelerates, NATO’s northern flank has quietly become one of the most consequential strategic frontlines on Earth. In Northern Shield: NATO’s Arctic Doctrine and the Future of Collective Defense, T P Ice delivers a clear, unsensationalized examination of how the world’s most powerful military alliance is preparing for a new era of deterrence, cooperation, and technological competition in the High North. This is not a book about fear or speculation. It is a book about how ...