Disunited Nations
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4.5 • 152 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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 says we’re already living in. For decades, America’s allies have depended on its might for their economic and physical security. But as a new age of American isolationism dawns, the results will surprise everyone. In Disunited Nations, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan presents a series of counterintuitive arguments about the future of a world where trade agreements are coming apart and international institutions are losing their power.
Germany will decline as the most powerful country in Europe, with France taking its place. Every country should prepare for the collapse of China, not North Korea. We are already seeing, as Zeihan predicts, a shift in outlook on the Middle East: it is no longer Iran that is the region’s most dangerous threat, but Saudi Arabia. The world has gotten so accustomed to the “normal” of an American-dominated order that we have all forgotten the historical norm: several smaller, competing powers and economic systems throughout Europe and Asia.
America isn’t the only nation stepping back from the international system. From Brazil to Great Britain to Russia, leaders are deciding that even if plenty of countries lose in the growing disunited chaos, their nations will benefit. The world isn’t falling apart—it’s being pushed apart. The countries and businesses prepared for this new every-country-for-itself ethic are those that will prevail; those shackled to the status quo will find themselves lost in the new world disorder.
Smart, interesting, and essential reading, Disunited Nations is a sure-to-be-controversial guidebook that analyzes the emerging shifts and resulting problems that will arise in the next two decades. We are entering a period of chaos, and no political or corporate leader can ignore Zeihan’s insights or his message if they want to survive and thrive in this uncertain new time.
Customer Reviews
Honest Observations, Bias is Upfront and Welcome to Criticism
To many people in the IR field are headstrong in their respective positions and scholarship. Zeihan gives a great review of 20th century global history, along with interesting perspectives on different state actors. Türkiye in particular plays such an important role in the geopolitical scene, from its aggression to diplomatic ties to EU, NATO, Asia, and the Middle East. I want to study more about it, particularly its role globally. This book will give you the 101 for each nation that plays an important role in today’s society, I implore you listen to it, especially in light of the recent global politics looking to regress to the 19th century age of imperial conquest. Even if you’re not an academic, it’s helpful to get peace of mind on these matters, even if the truth is more wild than what you had in your mind. (Had no idea of Türkiye’s geopolitical significance aside from it having a 200+ year beef with Greece, me being a United States citizen, looking into more info on it now)
Misleading And A Total Bummer
I was looking forward to this because I had the impression that the author would be narrating the ENTIRE book just as was the case with The Accidental Superpower. The only part he did was the intro. Unfortunately, for me anyway, the rest of the project is narrated by someone I find not just less enjoyable to impossible to listen to for any length of time.
The fact that Zeihan only reads the Forward should be made more clear.
Now I have the annoying task of trying to return an audiobook on iTunes.
Total bummer.
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