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Trump, Putin, Milei, Bukele, la tecno-casta de Silicon Valley… En un mundo en el que se han desdibujado todas las reglas, donde se vuelven a imponer decisiones de manera despiadada y la IA campa sus anchas, ha llegado la hora de los depredadores. «Un relato crepuscular y luminoso sobre el...

En este libro, Fernando Díaz Villanueva analiza la influencia y el impacto de la civilización occidental en la política, la cultura y la sociedad para demostrar cómo sus ideales han transformado el mundo que conocemos. Contra el pesimismo es una invitación a mirar hacia el futuro con optimismo. Porque, como argumenta el autor, «vivimos en el mejor de los mundos posibles y aún queda mucho por construir».

Der Generationenvertrag unserer Gesellschaft ist gebrochen. Marcel Fratzscher plädiert für einen neuen Generationenvertrag mit konkreten Rechten und Pflichten - vor allem für die Generation der Babyboomer. Wir haben bereits heute das Wissen und die technologischen Voraussetzungen, um künftigen Generationen einen lebenswerten Planeten zu hinterlassen.

Why globalization failed so many Americans and how it still can be saved despite burgeoning economic nationalism. The triumphant globalization that began in the 1990s has given way to a world riven by conflict, populism, and economic nationalism. In The World’s Worst Bet, David J. Lynch offers...

On May 6, 2023, Renaud Camus, a prominent French writer and theorist, was invited by Vlaams Belang to deliver a speech at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels. This publication presents his thought-provoking speech, translated from French to English.

في لمح البصر ستجد نفسك تغوص في أعماق واحدة من أكثر الدول غموضًا في العالم_ جمهورية إيران الإسلامية_ وذلك عن طريق الحقائق والقصص التي يعرضها الجاسوس السابق رضا...

Claves para conocer y comprender las estrategias del gigante asiático y adaptarlas a nuestro modelo para enriquecer nuestras sociedades. El mundo que conocíamos ha cambiado. Para enfrentarnos a su complejidad necesitamos nuevas perspectivas. Sin China no se puede comprender un siglo XXI en el...

War als Maßnahme gegen Steuerflucht verkauft wird, ist in Wahrheit ein Überwachungsinstrument zur systematischen Ausplünderung der Bevölkerung. Das Plattformen-Steuertransparenzgesetz (PStTG) erfasst Millionen Menschen, die auf digitalen Märkten handeln – ob privat, hobbymäßig oder überlebensnotwendig. Wer heute noch gebrauchte Möbel, Kleidung oder Handarbeit online verkauft, gilt künftig als potenzieller Steuerverbrecher. Doch es geht nicht um Steuergerechtigkeit – es geht um Zugriff. Um Kontrolle. Um die vollständige Erfassung deiner Einnahmen, Bewegungen, Daten und Gewohnheiten.

Wussten Sie, dass wir in der besten Welt aller Zeiten leben? Trotz Kriegen, Klimawandel und anderen Krisen - Daten offenbaren wunderbare Geschichten: Jeden Tag befreien sich Zehntausende Menschen aus extremer Armut, die ärmsten Länder verfügen pro Einwohner über so viel Nahrung wie die...

Bloomsbury presents The Dignity of Difference by Jonathan Sacks, read by Daniel Epstein. ‘Aims to define nothing less than a basis for religiously sensitive civilisation.’ Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury ‘The Dignity of Difference has a central and compelling vision: the...

For Washington, China is a strategic competitor: the only country with both the will to reshape the world order and, increasingly, the means to do so. For Europe, the People's Republic is a "partner for cooperation, an economic competitor, and a systemic rival". For NATO, it is a "decisive enabler" of Russia's war against Ukraine. Yet Beijing's image is far more positive in the Global South, of which the PRC considers itself a part.

A detailed field guide to foreign business opportunities in China during the era of heightened rivalry with the U.S. China dominates manufacturing and is the world's largest retail market, but for companies outside of China, finding ways to do business in the country is increasingly uncertain in...

The authoritative book to help you make sense of the world - as told by a former British diplomat. 'A must-read to understand the often bewildering world we now live in, written as a scholarly book in an accessible tone' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Iran. Greenland. Ukraine. Global politics...

Power to the People addresses growing voter apathy and disenchantment worldwide - that familiar sense that governments have become decoupled from their constituencies, that votes no longer count, and that politicians and institutions are too focused on short-term issues to grapple with complex global issues such as climate change and rising inequality. The book is structured into two halves, the first half diagnosing problems and the second half proposing solutions. Danny urges listeners to make a positive difference through engagement and active citizenry.

When New York Times correspondent Edward Wong arrived in Beijing in 2008, he had a hopeful view of a coming Chinese century. Nearly sixty years earlier, his father held a similarly optimistic vision - and joined the People's Liberation Army to further Mao's revolution. But both men were forced...

America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late. One of the most consequential U.S. Trade Representatives in our history, Robert Lighthizer led a great reset of American trade policy that has endured across Administrations. For...

'BRILLIANTLY ARRANGED AND RICH WITH FRESH INSIGHTS, UNCOMMON WEALTH REMINDS US HOW THE FORGOTTEN STORIES OF EMPIRE AND DECOLONISATION CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES IN BRITAIN - AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - UP TO TODAY' AKALA Britain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it. In...

Sabrina Mahfouz once sat in a Whitehall interview room and was interrogated about everything from her political leanings to her private life. It was ostensibly a job interview, but implicit in their demands was the unspoken question: as a woman of Middle Eastern heritage, could she really be trusted? Years later, Sabrina found herself confronting the meaning behind this interrogation, and how it was specifically informed by the British Empire's historical dominance in the Middle East. 

‘A gripping and compelling account…. The peaceful ending of the Cold War between West and East remains one of the greatest achievements of modern statecraft’ CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, Literary Review This landmark global study makes us rethink what happened when the Cold War ended and our...

We stand on the edge of a new era that will bring change to our world on a par with the Industrial Revolution. Automation, artificial intelligence and robotics are changing our lives quickly - but digital disruption goes much further than we realize. Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalization experts, argues that the inhuman speed of this transformation threatens to overwhelm our capacity to adapt.