Showing results for "Global Powers" in Political Science

In 1991, the United States was the only global superpower. It seemed that the 21st century, like the 20th, would belong to America. Then came the stock market bubble, the costly foreign unilateralism of the younger Bush presidency, and the financial catastrophe of 2008. Meanwhile, China was rising and the Middle East was awakening politically. Today it is clear that America is vulnerable - to domestic and international decline and unregulated greed.

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...

What The Fugg is a hard-hitting geopolitics and world affairs podcast that cuts through propaganda, performative diplomacy, and political theater. Each episode breaks down global power struggles, wars of influence, sanctions, empires in decline, and leaders who mistake ego for strategy. From U.S. foreign policy and Middle East flashpoints to great-power rivalry, energy politics, and global hypocrisy — nothing is treated gently, and nothing is taken at face value. This is not “both-sides” comfort analysis. This is direct, uncomfortable, and unapologetic commentary for listeners who are ...

Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns? Most countries and companies are not prepared for the world Peter Zeihan...

In this first collection of interviews since the bestselling 9-11: Was There an Alternative?, our foremost intellectual activist examines crucial questions of U.S. foreign policy. Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished interviews conducted by...

Economic Nexus: Unmasking Global Power is a deep-dive podcast that explores the hidden dynamics shaping our economic world. Each episode examines how major corporations manipulate markets, the systemic challenges workers face, and the intricate role of governments in orchestrating economic outcomes. Through interviews, investigative reporting, and insightful commentary, the podcast aims to empower listeners with a clear understanding of the economic forces at play.

Are you an America Expat? Are you concerned with the current political situation in America. Democrats Abroad Global Black Caucus podcast is a discussion of the issues of the day that are important to Americans at home and abroad and how you can help from where ever you are.Find us where you are: https://linktr.ee/blackcaucus

Today, the majority of the peoples of the planet live in nation-states, based upon the idea, if never the reality, of a single people, a single culture, a single rule of law, and a single source of sovereign authority. But will they continue to do so in the future? None of the major challenges that confront humanity today—from climate change to disease, from terrorism to mass migration—can be handled effectively by single nation-states, no matter how powerful.

In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf, Robert Winder explored the way Britain was shaped first by migration and then by hidden geographical factors. Now, in Soft Power he explores the way modern states are asserting themselves not through traditional realpolitik but through alternative means: business, language, culture, ideas, sport, education, music, even food...the texture and values of history and daily life.

The Velvet Funnel: Local Power, Global Play explores local politics, real estate development, investor strategy, and civic engagement across South Florida and beyond. Episodes cover topics like neighborhood surveillance, land use battles, redevelopment projects, and tools for finding real estate investor leads — including accredited investor targeting and marketing trends. 🔗 Learn more at:InvestorLead.com – Real estate investor leads, marketing insights, and accredited investor targeting tools.HiddenValleyGuardians.com – Boca Raton neighborhood updates, local activism, and civic ...

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirt's life story from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory and back to a US storefront before arriving at the used clothing market in Africa, the book uncovers the political and economic forces at work in the global economy.

This historic mission of this remarkable but little-known organization, the US National Intelligence Council (NIC), now 40 years old, is strategic intelligence assessment in service of senior American foreign policymakers. Its signature inside products, National Intelligence Estimates, are now accompanied by the NIC's every-four-years Global Trends. Unclassified, Global Trends has become a noted NIC brand, its release awaited by officials, academics, and private sector managers around the world.

We live in an interconnected world, where security problems like terrorism are spilling across borders, and globalized data networks and e-commerce platforms are reshaping the world economy. This means that states' jurisdictions and rule systems clash. How have they negotiated their differences over freedom and security? Of Privacy and Power investigates how the European Union and United States, the two major regulatory systems in world politics, have regulated privacy and security, and how their agreements and disputes have reshaped the transatlantic relationship.