by Jim Sciutto
First published 2024
CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto examines how great power competition has returned to reshape global politics. Sciutto argues that the world order established after the Berlin Wall's fall in 1989 has collapsed, replaced by renewed rivalry between major nations. He traces how Russia's Ukraine invasion represents a broader shift affecting regions from Helsinki to Beijing, from Australia to the Arctic. The book analyzes battles fought across multiple domains including cyberspace, oceans, and skies. Sciutto documents the growing alignment between Russian and Chinese governments and explores the emergence of a new global nuclear arms race. Building on his 2019 work about covert operations, this book examines visible geopolitical transformation happening in real time. Sciutto provides readers with thorough reporting on how this post-Cold War era affects everyone worldwide, while questioning whether major powers can avoid another world war.
Genres: history, international-relations, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: geopolitics, great-power-competition
Setting: Helsinki, Beijing, Australia, Arctic
Period: 1989, Post-Cold War
368 pages · Hardcover · Dutton