03413nam a22004455i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001300172072001600185072002300201072001500224100009400239245014700333250001800480264007900498300006400577336002600641337002600667338003600693347002400729505050700753520132401260650003602584650002202620650004302642650002202685710003402707773002602741776003602767776003602803776003602839856004602875912001402921912001502935999001702950978-3-031-60286-3DE-He21320251030112608.0cr nn 008mamaa240702s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316028639978-3-031-60286-37 a10.1007/978-3-031-60286-32doi 4aJZ2-6530 7aJPS2bicssc 7aPOL0110002bisacsh 7aJPS2thema1 aBongiovanni, Francesco M.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97987314aThe Return of Geopolitics and Imperial Conflicth[electronic resource] :bUnderstanding the New World Disorder /cby Francesco M. Bongiovanni.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXXI, 452 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter1.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.  aAfter 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. 0aInternational relations.958103 0aDiplomacy.96947414aInternational Relations Theory.96830324aDiplomacy.9694742 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303160285608iPrinted edition:z978303160287008iPrinted edition:z978303160288740uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60286-3  aZDB-2-POS  aZDB-2-SXPI  c61264d61264