Future State

Where is the line between digital utopia and digital police state? Surveillance State tells the gripping, startling, and detailed story of how China’s Communist Party is building a new kind of political control: shaping the will of the people through the sophisticated—and often...

In this blistering science fiction epic, international bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival and an eviscerating examination of totalitarianism. This program features multicast narration. THE INFINITE STATE begins at a flashpoint in the lives of a widowed party...

In a world rebuilt on fear, one woman discovers the crisis holding civilization together may be a lie. Twelve years after climate collapse and cyberwar nearly ended civilization, the Compliance State keeps humanity alive through total surveillance. Biometric bands track every heartbeat. Predictive algorithms flag dissidents before they act. Climate dashboards broadcast extinction projections that justify every restriction, every ration, every controlled breath. Elena Ward is a senior data auditor who believes the system is flawed but necessary, until she discovers that the atmospheric data ...

Drawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a veteran national security correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications for American democracy and the global balance of power. Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp...

Trace the explosive American history of ecological survival, from indigenous stewardship to the modern climate crisis. Perfect for your daily commute, this eye-opening narrative transforms the North American landscape into a living, breathing character. You will witness the relentless clash...

A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more. In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many...

Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House.

Neoliberals should have seen the end of the Cold War as a total victory—but they didn't. Instead, they saw the chameleon of communism changing colors from red to green. The poison of civil rights, feminism, and environmentalism ran through the veins of the body politic and they needed an antidote. To defy demands for equality, many neoliberals turned to nature. Race, intelligence, territory, and precious metal would be bulwarks against progressive politics.

History is not just a record of the past; it is a weapon in the hands of those who seek to control the future. In Replacing History, Ali Muattar exposes the disturbing reality of how global powers, shadow governments, and ideological forces are systematically erasing and rewriting history to serve their own agendas. From colonialism and mass propaganda to psychological warfare and digital censorship, this book unveils the hidden battle for truth and identity. As a continuation of anti-colonial thought, Replacing History builds upon the legacy of The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon, ...

A riveting investigation into how a restive region of China became the site of a nightmare Orwellian social experiment—the definitive police state—and the global technology giants that made it possible Blocked from facts and truth, under constant surveillance, surrounded by a hostile alien...

America has always been more than a country. It has been a dream, a contradiction, a force, an experiment, and an argument carried across generations. It is the place where liberty became national philosophy, where reinvention became habit, and where millions arrived believing that somewhere within its vastness there was room not only to survive, but to become more. Few nations in history have attracted so much hope. The United States drew inventors, workers, thinkers, refugees, entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, and builders from every corner of the world.

A vision of the first decade of socialism in the United States. The diverse multinational working class has achieved political supremacy and is actively eliminating bigotry, racism, and national oppression as it expands economic, social, and political democracy.

Profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr has become one of America's leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, admired and welcomed by both media and government for his "concise and coherent" analysis (Wall Street Journal). In this "smart, clear and timely" book (Washington Post), Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam. He provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis, and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences—from the nuclear posturing of Iran's President Ahmadinejad to the recent U.S.-enabled shift toward Shia power in Iraq and Hezbollah's continued dominance in Lebanon.

What is the future of American power? The United States remains the most complete strategic power in the world: a continental nation protected by two oceans, supported by the world’s reserve currency, armed with unmatched military reach, strengthened by global alliances, and powered by extraordinary advantages in energy, food, technology, finance, universities, innovation, and human capital. But power is not the same as strategy. Strategic Futures Series – United States examines the central problem facing America in the twenty-first century: whether the United States can convert its ...

“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Well researched and eloquently presented.” —The Atlantic * “Delivers Cormac McCarthy-worthy drama; while the nonfictional asides imbue...

Mexico is one of the world’s most important nations. It is the largest Spanish-speaking country, a manufacturing powerhouse tied closely to the United States, and home to more than 130 million people. Yet it is also a country where powerful criminal organizations control territory, influence politics, and operate with resources rivaling those of the state itself. How did Mexico arrive here? In Mexico: The Narco State, Donald Elton traces the long historical forces that shaped the country’s political culture and explains why organized crime became embedded within it. The story begins not...

The Philosophy of a Future State implores us to embrace the grandeur of contemplation, to gaze upward at the starlit sky, and to peer inward at the spark of the divine that animates our souls. It calls us to wonder at the infinite potential inherent in every human being and the cosmic dance that envelopes us all.

In State of the Heart, the journey to rid the world of heart disease is shown to be reflective of the journey of medical science at large. We are learning not only that women have as much heart disease as men, but that the type of heart disease women experience is diametrically different from that in men. We are learning that heart disease and cancer may have more in common than we could have imagined. And we are learning how human evolution itself may have led to the epidemic of heart disease

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might. For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons...

The fall of the Assad regime ended more than six decades of authoritarian rule in Syria and opened an era of remarkable renewal. Today, the country has achieved what many thought impossible: a functioning state, ministries and courts back in operation, embassies reopened, and billions in investment pledged. A nation once designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism has joined the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, acceded to the Global IHL Initiative, and pledged to destroy its remaining chemical weapons. Charting Syria’s Future examines this historic moment, showing how a country many feared ...