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"As isolationism and realism become the dominant values of a previously interconnected world, the logic that motivated international relations and global trade must be reevaluated. Zeihan uses a mixture of geographical knowledge, political history, and sharp analysis to predict the shape of the next twenty years on the world stage"--
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The riveting and illuminating behind-the-scenes stories of the world's most intense “red lines," from diplomatic and military challenges at particular turning points in history to the ones that set the tone of geopolitics today. More red lines exist in the world today than at any other single moment in history. Whether it was the red line in Munich that led to the start of the Second World War, to the red lines in the South China Sea, the Korean...
3) Information wars: how we lost the global battle against disinformation and what we can do about it
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"In February of 2013, Richard Stengel, the former editor-in-chief of Time, joined the Obama administration as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Within days, two shocking events made world-wide headlines: ISIS executed American journalist James Foley on a graphic video seen by tens of millions, and Vladimir Putin's "little green men"--Russian special forces--invaded Crimea, amid a blizzard of Russian denials and false...
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Nomad Press
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[2018]
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English
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Is your salad drizzled with olive oil imported from Italy? What country made the car that your parents drive? Globalization connects us today more than ever before, and in ways we never expected, and populations around the world are questioning whether this is a purely beneficial circumstance or if we should take steps to scale back our interrelatedness. Globalization: Why We Care About Faraway Events delves into the nature and history of interconnected...
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Oregon files volume 17
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English
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"When Cabrillo is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. A Saudi Prince seeks to unleash a deadly assault on U.S. forces, sparking a new war in the Middle East and ultimately destroying Israel. Cabrillo's crew have met their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. The Oregon...
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"A dramatic re-creation and urgent examination of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, today's world leaders are abandoning disarmament treaties, building up their nuclear arsenals, and exchanging threats of nuclear strikes. To survive this new atomic age, we must return to the lessons of the most dangerous moment of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis. Nuclear Folly offers an international perspective on...
8) Father night
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Forge
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[2012]
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English
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When reform efforts in the Middle East culminate in a violent power struggle between two criminal underworld bosses, Jack McClure finds himself at the center of a multi-national uprising that is complicated by powerful enemies.
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Valiant Entertainment LLC
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©2016.
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English
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The world's most powerful team of mercenaries is on the defense...as an elite international kill squad led by Livewire and H.A.R.D. Corps' Major Charlie Palmer descends to destroy Imperium's stronghold! Toyo Harada will save the world...if he doesn't doom it first. The revolutionary disruption that Harada and his team have launched - by deposing tyrants, housing refugees, and feeding the poor - has come at the expense of the world's wealthiest nations....
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Valiant Entertainment LLC
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[2016]
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English
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"Toyo Harada's war to save humanity by taking over the world roars on against the only enemy this planet cannot contain-- a sinister network of undercover alien spies! A deadly chess game between Harada and the alien visitors called The Vine has been unfolding for decades. The Vine once even created the living weapon called LV-99 to assassinate their enemy, but failed. Today, Harada executes his agenda on the world-- with LV-99 on his side this time--...
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