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"The People fear the government, the government fears the people," a phrase that captures the paradox of authoritarian rule and fuels a self-destructive cycle of mutual fear. Chris Prior exposes the fatal flaw of authoritarian regimes, referencing Machiavelli and the role of fear in Xi’s China and Putin’s Russia. Both are caught in the Authoritarian Security Dilemma: the more they use fear, the less secure they become and the greater the risk of hatred. Looking ahead, he examines the inevitable Succession Trap that dogs leaders and the specific dangers posed by nuclear weapons. His ...

The global framework is undergoing a structural reconfiguration that marks the transition from traditional geopolitical competition to a state of absolute, multi-domain hegemony. This study, China's 150 Hegemonic Breakthroughs, Systems, and Technologies, provides a comprehensive audit of the strategic vectors through which this shift is being realized, moving beyond fragmented technological advancements toward a unified, self-sustaining ecosystem of power. By consolidating the computational brains, the material atoms, the kinetic machinery, and the biological building blocks of the modern ...

Irgendwann 2027. Ein chinesischer Kampfjet stürzt nach einem riskanten Manöver in taiwanischem Luftraum ab. Pekings Machthaber befehlen daraufhin den Angriff auf den Inselstaat. Die USA, innenpolitisch zerstritten, treten in den Krieg ein, aber viel zu spät: China hat Taiwan schon annektiert, unterstützt von Russland, Iran und Nordkorea. Die globalen geopolitischen und ökonomischen Folgen sind verheerend: Die USA und China ringen um die Weltherrschaft, es droht ein dritter Weltkrieg, die Wirtschaft in Europa schmiert ab.

Iran presents one of the most significant foreign policy challenges for America and the West, yet very little is known about what the country's goals really are. Vali Nasr examines Iran's political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today's Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world.

How did Latin America's exceptional democracy become a nearly failed state? Why would a leader firmly in control lead one of the planet's richest countries into a humanitarian crisis? Conventional wisdom blames the madness of a populist leader who squandered an oil fortune. In Venezuela's Collapse, Carlos Lizarralde offers an alternative account that places race, ethnicity, and the struggle over resources at the center of the Hugo Chavez story. The book chronicles 500 years of demographic and economic strands that came together in 1998 with the election of a dashing new President.

During the early and most dangerous years of the cold war, a handful of Americans, led by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, revolutionized spying and warfare. In great secrecy and beyond the prying eyes of Congress and the press, they built exotic new machines that opened up the Soviet Union to surveillance and protected the United States from surprise nuclear attack. Secret Empire is the dramatic story of these men and their inventions, told in full for the first time.

The Complete Strategy Collection, a compilation of ancient and historical philosophies, will increase your knowledge of strategy, conflict, and adversity throughout the ages, giving you valuable insight into the past while opening a window to the future. Although each of the works can be considered a manual or diagram for war or engaging in physical combat, the life skills embodied in each can be adapted to everyday life in modern society. Listen and learn how you, too, can take advantage of the strategies of war.

In the days between May 24th and 28th, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historical debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial work, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of those five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister for a fortnight, painfully considered his war responsibilities.

The wait is over. After a two-year investigation, the results of The Mueller Report have been released to the public. Now listen to an audio version of one of the most talked about government documents in history. These are the redacted findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team, which was tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, including exploring any links or coordination between President Donald J. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government.

The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live. Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with...

“Stimulating and highly readable. . . . The Churchill Complex is a rich and rewarding book.” —Wall Street Journal From one of its keenest observers, a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from...

What really happened in Venezuela—and what does it reveal about how power works today? Behind the headlines and beyond official statements lies a darker reality: the struggle for power in the modern world is rarely confined to diplomacy or elections. Sometimes, it unfolds through pressure, secrecy, strategy, and force. The Maduro Raid is a gripping account of the operation that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, set within the larger story of Venezuela’s long unraveling and the global contest that formed around it. This is not simply a book about one dramatic mission. It is an ...

Chris Prior argues that declaring war represents the ultimate betrayal of democratic governments’ duty to protect their citizens. Examining the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts, he contends that democracies entered these wars without adequate preparation or coherent strategies for victory, resulting in the loss of millions of lives. In the nuclear age, he warns, this strategic bankruptcy risks nothing less than human extinction.To underline the horror of war, he examines the nature of combat injuries and describes the consequences of just one nuclear detonation. Rather...

Discover a thought-provoking exploration of the collapse of Modernist political ideologies through a biblical lens. This book examines the decline of the dominant political systems of the past two centuries — Liberalism, Communism, and Fascism — and the spiritual and cultural crisis they have left in their wake. As the modern world order falters, Jay Rogers offers a bold reinterpretation of Aleksandr Dugin’s Fourth Political Theory by grounding a vision for the multipolar world in the enduring truths of the Bible. Blending geopolitical theory with Christian theology, this work ...

For the past thirty years, post-Cold War triumphalism and a desire to reshape the world have defined United States foreign policy. But the failures of the global war on terror, the return of conflict to Europe, and growing tensions with China all suggest that this approach to the world is flawed. For the United States—the country that has ruled the international system largely alone since 1991—this moment is particularly perilous.

Richly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows how the conversion to a global economy is a victory of finance capital over democracy.

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...

In April 1917, as Tsar Nicholas II's abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Lenin, was far away, exiled in Zurich. To lead the revolt, Lenin needed to return to Petrograd immediately. But to get there, he would have to cross Germany, which meant accepting help from the deadliest of Russia's adversaries and betraying his homeland.

Shannon Monaghan follows a core group of Western volunteers in Ukraine, fighting together from the early battle for Kyiv through to the last stands at Severodonetsk and Bakhmut. They arrived alone, but became a family—back when nobody bothered to learn names, because they all expected to die. These men knew they'd be fighting without the NATO support they were used to. They knew the danger they faced, and how they might be criticized for fighting someone else's war. But they also knew it was the right thing to do. This is their story.

Drawing on extensive interviews with George Kennan and exclusive access to his archives, an eminent scholar of the Cold War delivers a revelatory biography of its troubled mastermind. This is a landmark work of history and biography that reveals the vast influence and rich inner landscape of a life that both mirrored and shaped the century it spanned.