Bytes and bullets

global rivalries, private tech, and the future of modern warfare

When it comes to global dominance, military technology has always been a major geopolitical driver. For decades, the West set the rules on innovation using soft power and government funding to develop its own exclusive cutting-edge defensive capabilities. But in the digital era, the breakthroughs ...

Instruments of international order

internationalism and diplomacy, 1900-50

During the first half of the twentieth century, world politics was reshaped in pursuit of a new international order. The ideological foundations of the 'new diplomacy' (and its fate during the interwar period) are well known. This book instead examines the practices of internationalism and ...

Original sin

power, technology and war in outer space

An eye-opening account of a world order shaped by spacepower and the threat of space warfare. Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away ...

After nations

the making and unmaking of a world order

What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future. Until recently, the system of nation-states appeared settled and eternal. Not anymore. As American hegemony ...

Anuario Iberoamericano sobre Política y Constitucionalismo, 2025

Pasado y futuro del orden mundial

Por qué la civilización global sobrevivirá al declive de Occidente

Amitav Acharya, una de las voces más influyentes del pensamiento progresista internacional, analiza las raíces y contradicciones que han llevado a la crisis del modelo occidental contemporáneo. Un recorrido histórico por las aportaciones de las civilizaciones no occidentales a la formación del orden mundial actual ...

Power play

video games, politics and the battle for global influence

In Power Play, leading game industry expert George E. Osborn reveals how video games - the world's largest entertainment medium - are being used by autocrats, populists and violent extremists to influence the real world around us. Video games are the world's largest entertainment medium ...

El enemigo que nos señala: Aprender a resistir a los depredadores

(El Grand Continent; 5)

Un ensayo imprescindible para orientarse en el momento geopolítico más convulso del siglo XXI. Con contribuciones de pensadores como Dan Wang, Meredith Whittaker, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Wang Huning o Minxin Pei. Hace cinco siglos, Maquiavelo advirtió a los gobernantes italianos de que sus brillantes argumentos no ...

Oportunidades y desafíos globales derivados de la cuestión del Ártico

El Ártico se ha convertido en un espacio estratégico clave del siglo. El deshielo, la apertura de nuevas rutas marítimas, la riqueza en recursos naturales y la presencia de actores globales configuran un escenario de oportunidades y desafíos que trascienden las fronteras polares y requieren ...

Inteligencia Artificial

Cartografía de una revolución

COLECCIÓN GEOPOLÍTICA ILUSTRADA: LIBROS PARA ENTENDER EL MUNDO DE UN VISTAZO ¿Revolución tecnológica o nuevo orden mundial? Una visión panorámica de lo que engloba la inteligencia artificial y de cómo está transformando el mundo a base de microchips, datos y algoritmos. 6 grandes temas y ...

Seguridad y Defensa en las sociedades occidentales del siglo XXI

El final de la guerra fría trajo consigo una ingenua sensación de paz y seguridad en las sociedades occidentales. No obstante, hoy sabemos que la frágil estabilidad en que nos desenvolvemos puede verse fácilmente resquebrajada, y provocar una grave crisis, debido a un ingente número ...

Qui contrôle qui?

Les nouveaux rapports de force mondiaux

Dans ce nouvel essai percutant, Thomas Gomart s’interroge sur les antagonismes profonds qui bouleversent notre époque. Croisant géopolitique, géoéconomie et idéologie, il analyse six duels représentatifs des nouveaux rapports de force. Qui contrôle qui ? Pour la guerre en Ukraine, Vladimir Poutine ou Volodymyr Zelensky ...

The American edge

the military tech nexus and the sources of great power dominance

To regain its capacity to effectively deter China and retain its unmatched global status, the United States must deepen its partnership with the nation's most innovative tech companies. In The American Edge, Seth G. Jones explains how the industrial bases of the world's ...

Inside the situation room

the theory and practice of crisis decision-making

Combining decades of diplomacy and world-renowned scholarship, Inside the Situation Room bridges the gap between politics and academia to illuminate how world leaders make decisions in times of crisis. For decades, people have sought to understand how and why decisions are made in times of ...

The geopolitics of fear

from security to solidarity at Europe's racial borders

The intensified securitization of the borderlands between Europe and the Middle East/North Africa over the past decade has turned the Mediterranean Sea into a graveyard. This book delves into the most vulnerable, yet understudied, area of the EU's anti-immigrant security regime: the port ...

Make China great again

online alt-history fiction and popular authoritarianism

On the Chinese internet, alternate history is booming. Millions of writers and readers fantasize about going back in time and changing their country's fate. One envisions saving the Southern Song Dynasty from the Mongols and turning China into a capitalist democracy. Another portrays a ...

El eje del mundo que viene

Cómo el Indo-pacífico está transformando el orden global

El centro de gravedad del planeta se ha desplazado del Atlántico al Indo-Pacífico, donde se juega la estabilidad y la seguridad globales. Un ensayo esencial para entender el nuevo orden mundial. Hay lugares que concentran el pulso del planeta. Hoy, ese lugar es una región ...

Trust, new technologies and geopolitics in an uncertain world

In an era of global uncertainty, trust has become a critical factor shaping the relationships between nations, institutions, and individuals. This book, Trust, New Technologies and Geopolitics in an Uncertain World, offers a timely and in-depth exploration of how trust is being tested and transformed ...

Clients, rivals, and rogues

why great powers intervene in revolutionary civil wars

Why do great powers intervene militarily in revolutionary civil wars? This pivotal question in international relations is answered though a new theory of security hierarchies that emphasizes the role of clients, rivals and rogues in world politics. Employing a mixed-methods approach, integrating statistical analysis with ...

Geo-resentidos

El triunfo de las emociones en la geopolítica

A la vista de las guerras y los conflictos internacionales actuales, vivimos en un mundo dominado por las emociones. El auge del nacionalismo y el populismo, el cuestionamiento de la globalización, la aceleración del cambio climático y la ansiedad ante la revolución tecnológica de la ...