03664nam a22004935i 4500 978-3-031-60286-3 DE-He213 20251030112608.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240702s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031602863 978-3-031-60286-3 10.1007/978-3-031-60286-3 doi JZ2-6530 JPS bicssc POL011000 bisacsh JPS thema Bongiovanni, Francesco M. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79873 The Return of Geopolitics and Imperial Conflict [electronic resource] : Understanding the New World Disorder / by Francesco M. Bongiovanni. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXI, 452 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter1.Introduction: Unwanted Guests -- Chapter2.A Brief Note About Geopolitics and Empires -- Chapter3.The Bear and the Oyabun -- Chapter4.In The Crossfire of Empires -- Chapter.5The Walls of Zhongnanhai -- Chapter.6The Ultimate Game of Go -- Chapter 7.Dragon Versus Eagle -- Chapter8.Rome on the Potomac -- Chapter9.A Distinguished Old Lady -- Chapter10.From the Mediterranean to the Caspian -- Chapter11.From the River to the Sea -- Chapter12.Musings from Proxima Centauri -- Chapter13.Conclusion. After the brief respite that followed the fall of the USSR, geopolitics and major wars are back, affecting everyone everywhere. In a world transitioning to multipolarity Great Powers jostle for supremacy, regional powers feel emboldened to act on their own ambitions, supply chains are disrupted and instability becomes the norm. America has an empire that it wants to keep, Russia lost an empire that it wants to recover and China doesn’t have an empire and wants one - with India the wildcard. But there is more to it than Great Power rivalry. From Ukraine to the South China Sea, from the Middle East to Central Asia, from the Arctic to outer space Bongiovanni lays it bare in this fascinating journey across the geopolitics of our time with, in the background, de-globalization, the battle against the dollar and the new AI-driven age. Francesco M. Bongiovanni lived in Europe, Asia, the USA and in the Arab world. He holds an MBA from Harvard and a doctorate in engineering. He is an entrepreneur in the space sector and a former investment banker who also worked as an advisor in strategy and finance. He has been made a Knight of the Order of St Charles for his contributions to humanitarian and biodiversity protection endeavours. He is an author of books and a composer of classical symphonic music and jazz. International relations. 58103 Diplomacy. 69474 International Relations Theory. 68303 Diplomacy. 69474 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031602856 Printed edition: 9783031602870 Printed edition: 9783031602887 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60286-3 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 61264 61264