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As any traveler knows, some of the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So, when a long-time NPR correspondent wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab--and discovered a country amid seismic political and economic change. China--America's...

Bloomsbury presents Death Is Our Business by John Lechner, read by Christopher Ragland. "Extraordinary. . . Essential reading for understanding Russia and modern warfare."—CHRIS MILLER, New York Times bestselling author of Chip War and Putinomics “John Lechner is an amazingly bold reporter...

¿Cómo el país más peligroso del mundo se convirtió en el más seguro de todo el continente americano en menos de una década? La pacificación de El Salvador durante la gestión de Nayib Bukele ha sido polémica, pero ha traído resultados concretos: entre 2019 y 2025, la tasa de homicidios...

If you want peace, prepare for war.—Roman adage Even in the absence of a major war, the world remains a dangerous place. Fuses are lit in practically every region and on every continent, which could eventually ignite a global conflagration and draw the world’s superpowers into a deadly and...

Autor do best-seller Dez lições para o mundo pós-pandemia explora as revoluções ― passadas e atuais ― que definem a era polarizada e instável em que vivemos. Fúria populista, fratura ideológica, impactos econômicos e tecnológicos, guerras e um sistema internacional repleto de riscos catastróficos ― as primeiras décadas do século XXI podem ser consideradas o período mais revolucionário da história moderna. Mas não é o primeiro. Os seres humanos já passaram por alguns realinhamentos ― e prosperaram.

Decode the urgent history of global terrorism and the digital revolution to understand our fractured modern world. Perfect for an insightful morning commute, this thought-provoking narrative connects the dots between shocking security crises, financial collapse, and the hyper-connected anxiety...

Dive into the urgent environmental science and high-stakes geopolitics transforming the frozen frontiers of the north. As rising temperatures shatter seasonal norms and melt ancient permafrost, this immersive exploration brings you to the front lines of climate change. Whether you need a...

Discover the gripping geopolitical history of a flammable liquid that built modern civilization and ignited global wars. Perfect for an engaging daily commute, this cinematic narrative explores the chaotic booms and devastating busts of the global energy market. Listen as wildcatters, sheikhs...

Uncover the gripping hidden history of political power and how global cartography became a weapon of imperial conquest. Perfect for your morning commute or deep focus sessions, this unsettling exploration reveals that drawn borders are never neutral. What you thought was just objective geography...

Dive into the tense geopolitical history of a rugged island caught between global superpowers and tech dominance. This gripping narrative traces an extraordinary evolution from ancient indigenous shores to the contested crossroads of East Asia. Listeners seeking to understand today's...

Un ouvrage qui s'adresse autant aux spécialistes qu'aux citoyens soucieux de comprendre pourquoi la paix ne se décrète pas. Elle se construit. Pourquoi tant d'entreprises de paix échouent ? Dans cet ouvrage rigoureux et engagé, Édouard Jourdain part d'un choc personnel : chercheur en post-doctorat à l'École polytechnique le 24 février 2022, il voit s'effondrer les modèles d'anticipation auxquels il travaillait le jour même où la Russie envahit l'Ukraine.

A Pulitzer grantee’s timely work of reportage from the borderlands of Europe, Russia, and Turkey, where brewing conflicts mark a significant fault line in shifting geopolitics. Hannah Lucinda Smith, a Pulitzer grantee and acclaimed foreign correspondent, has devoted well over a decade to...

In an eminently clear-sighted reckoning, The Fractured Age lays out the threats and opportunities confronting the world economy over the next decade and maps the uneven blocs that are set to emerge from a world in flux. The geopolitical tectonic plates of the planet have shifted back into action and the increased pressures their movements are bringing to bear will stress all our existing financial and commercial structures, habits and orthodoxies.

How the world’s oldest asset secretly shapes our modern economy In The Land Trap, Mike Bird—Wall Street editor at The Economist—reveals how this ancient asset still exerts outsize influence over the modern world. From the speculative land grabs of colonial America to China's real estate...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its allies.”—The Wall Street Journal From the Palantir co-founder, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of...

An urgent exploration of a world in constant crisis, where every regional disaster threatens to become a global conflict, with lessons from history that can stop the spiral—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography “Compelling and helpful . . . Kaplan’s...

2026 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE FINALIST “Authoritative… a tale that sits at the heart of the most significant geopolitical relationship today.” – Financial Times “There’s probably no better account of China’s rise to economic dominance as seen through the prism of a single company.”...

2026 Nautilus Gold Award winner for Journalism & Investigative Reporting (Special Honor: Investigative Excellence) A globe-trotting work of relentless investigative reporting, this is the first major book to expose the catastrophic reality of the multi-billion-dollar global garbage trade. Dumps...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to confront a new authoritarian axis—Russia, China, and Iran. "Deftly written, Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, THE ATLANTIC, NPR The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery...