by Peter Zeihan
First published 2019
Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan challenges conventional thinking about which nations will dominate the coming decades. As America withdraws from its role as global hegemon, Zeihan argues that countries everyone assumes are rising powers will actually collapse, while nations written off as declining will surge ahead. China faces inevitable breakdown rather than continued growth. Germany will lose its European leadership to France. Iran poses less Middle Eastern danger than Saudi Arabia. The author contends that trade agreements are dissolving and international institutions are weakening as multiple countries follow America's isolationist path. Brazil, Britain, and Russia are all stepping back from global cooperation. This retreat returns the world to its historical norm of competing regional powers rather than one dominant system. Zeihan provides analysis of which countries and businesses will thrive in this fragmented landscape and which will struggle. The book serves as a guide for navigating the political and economic disruptions ahead.
Genres: history, international-relations, political-science, economics, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs, academic
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: contrarian
Setting: America, Brazil, Britain, China, Europe, France, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Period: 21st-century
256 pages · ebook · HarperBusiness