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In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russian forces attacked Ukraine. The brutality of the Russian assault has horrified the world. But Russians themselves appear to be watching an entirely different war—one in which they are the courageous underdogs and kind-hearted heroes successfully battling a malign Ukrainian foe.

Now with an epilogue that speaks directly to the current energy crisis, The Prize recounts the panoramic history of the world’s most important resource—oil. Daniel Yergin’s timeless book chronicles the struggle for wealth and power that has surrounded oil for decades and that continues to fuel global rivalries, shake the world economy, and transform the destiny of men and nations. This updated edition categorically proves the unwavering significance of oil throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first by tracing economic and political clashes over precious “black gold.”

In this vibrant and eye-opening book, economist and broadcaster Dharshini David follows the course of an average day to reveal the green changes that are already taking place in every aspect of our world. Exploring industries such as energy, food, fashion, technology, manufacturing and finance, she asks what is happening, how quickly, who is driving it all and what it means for us.

Wie entsteht die Anziehungskraft von Populisten? Huub Buijssen erklärt die psychologischen Mechanismen, wann und warum Menschen auf populistische Ideen reagieren. Anhand von Beispielen aus den Niederlanden, Deutschland, Österreich und den USA zeigt er, welche Ängste und Moralvorstellungen besonders anfällig dafür machen.
Um die aktuellen politischen Entwicklungen besser zu verstehen und Gefahren zu erkennen, ist dieses Buch unverzichtbar. Die Erkenntnisse u.a.

TikTok boasts 1.6 billion active users worldwide and wields unprecedented power over culture, politics, and commerce, making its addictive algorithm the greatest prize in America’s technological cold war with China. In Every Screen on the Planet, Harvard-trained lawyer and investigative journalist Emily Baker-White charts TikTok’s rise from the Chinese founders’ ambitions to its emergence as the world’s most valuable startup—and a potential surveillance and propaganda tool for strongmen—to the dramatic events surrounding its ban and tenuous resurrection in January 2025.

In all its guises, it represents a new era in remote 'close contact'. The Drone itself being sent from a remote location and controlled at a remote location, but the target being an individual, small group or military vehicle like the Tank.

"Shadows of Empire – Understanding Britain’s Global Legacy and Its Modern Implications" takes listeners on a thought-provoking journey through the intricate and enduring consequences of the British Empire. This comprehensive exploration, rooted in conversations with individuals from Britain and former British colonies, offers fresh perspectives on the empire's impact on our world. The book's author, with a unique background that spans both the UK and former colonies, provides a balanced and objective analysis of historical events.

A new “Era of the Unprecedented” is upon us. Geo-Poli-Cyber™ warfare and attacks have escalated since 2010. Their most lethal perpetrators aren’t motivated by money but by political, geopolitical, ideological, false-religious, and extremist goals to devastate and coerce nations and economies, while cybersecurity strategies continue failing to defend nations and business structures impacting lives, livelihoods, economies and markets.

A New Era of Unprecedented Geo-Poli-Cyber Warfare is Upon us. Geo-Poli-Cyber events, attacks and warfare have escalated since 2010, driven by sinister actors seeking to devastate nations and economies for ideological, extremist, and geopolitical goals while Cybersecurity strategies continue failing, leaving citizens, businesses and nations exposed and more vulnerable than ever before. Recent seismic events exposed alarming failures in the Rules-Based Order—and its economic, legislative, regulatory, democratic, and humanitarian institutions, and values. Still not Convinced?

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.

The conventional wisdom has held that China's economic power is very close to America's and that Washington cannot undertake a broad economic cutoff of China without hurting itself as much, or more. In Command of Commerce, Ben A. Vagle and Stephen G. Brooks show the conventional wisdom is wrong on both fronts. The authors argue that America's economic power has been underestimated because conventional economic measures have ignored America's unprecedented control over the world's largest multinational corporations.

Based on a decade of research and writing, enriched by eyewitness interviews and revealing documents obtained through dozens of freedom of information requests, Kennedy’s Coup vividly recreates the Kennedy Administration’s secret encouragement of the fatal 1963 military coup against South Vietnam’s defiant president.

In Biogeotherapy, scientist and activist Benoit Lambert (narrating his own work) unveils a groundbreaking movement uniting farmers, scientists, and policymakers to restore Earth’s balance through nature’s own healing forces. Published by Audiobook Publishing Services, this audiobook is a blueprint for scalable, regenerative solutions to the climate crisis.

Around the world, nation-states are in crisis. From the continued fracturing of post-Trump American politics to the rise of neo-fascism in Germany to ethno-religious nationalism in India, governments worldwide appear to be traveling an unprecedented path of destabilization, as the post–World War II political order unravels and all of us feel the consequences.

C'è una storia che ascoltiamo da un po' di tempo, e descrive la più grande superpotenza del pianeta come in balìa di un irrimediabile declino. È la narrazione di un paese che balla sull'orlo del precipizio, dove la radicalizzazione non è arrestata, le differenze fra conservatori e progressisti si sono allargate e le donne hanno persino perso il diritto a interrompere una gravidanza. Eppure sta succedendo anche altro.

In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the victorious powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For the Allied powers, the trials were an opportunity both to render judgment on their vanquished foes and to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes and prohibit the use of aggressive war. For the Japanese leaders on trial, it was their chance to argue that their war had been waged to liberate Asia from Western imperialism and that the court was no more than victors’ justice.

Chang believes it is time to take a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook and work to bring down the enemy: the Communist Party. The Communist Party often talks about “win-win” solutions, but as its actions make clear, it believes there can be only one survivor, either the People’s Republic of China or the United States of America. China has a plan to destroy America. Does America have a plan to defend itself?

La oratoria política y diplomática siempre ha sido un pilar fundamental de la gobernanza, la persuasión y la manipulación de masas. Desde Pericles y Cicerón hasta Churchill, Kennedy y Putin, la palabra ha moldeado imperios, justificado guerras y consolidado liderazgos. Esta obra explora cómo los discursos han construido la historia y siguen definiendo el rumbo de las naciones.

Preuves à l'appui, Michel Onfray revient aux sources intellectuelles de l'antisémitisme de la gauche radicale. Au lendemain de la tragédie du 7 octobre, Michel Onfray s'est demandé pourquoi des millions de citoyens français avaient salué un grand jour pour le peuple palestinien. Son livre gravite autour de la question suivante : quel rôle ont joué les philosophes du XXe siècle dans la construction de cette effrayante passion triste qu'est le consentement au sadisme des bourreaux contre des victimes innocentes.

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 - be it AI systems and autonomous drones, satellite internet or advanced semiconductors - are coming from private companies, not government labs. In Bytes and Bullets, Steven Feldstein explains how technology is transforming geopolitics, upending the ways that countries compete, and how they wage war.