Geopolitics for the End Time: From the Pandemic to the Climate Crisis

Covid-19 has transformed the global system, leading to a new 'survival of the fittest' and a clash of alternative geopolitical models. Bruno Maçães sees the pandemic as the dawn of a new strategic era, heralding a profoundly changed world-political landscape.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2023
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

The world is rapidly changing, with the advent of Covid-19 and the looming threat of climate breakdown ushering in a new era of survival of the fittest. How well have different cultures and societies responded to these challenges, and could this be a turning point in the flow of history?

Before Covid, a new competition was already emerging between alternative geopolitical models. However, the context of this clash was not yet clear. What if it takes place on neutral ground, in a state of nature, with few or no political rules, amid rapidly evolving chaos? When the greatest threat to national security is no longer other states, but the environment itself, which countries might rise to the top?

This book explores how Covid-19 has already transformed the global system and how it serves as a prelude to a planet afflicted by climate change. Bruno Maçães is one of the first to see the pandemic as the dawn of a new strategic era, heralding a profoundly changed world-political landscape.

The cover image, "Apocalyptic City, 1913," by Ludwig Meidner, captures the sense of urgency and uncertainty that accompanies these global transformations.

Weight: 220g
Dimension: 125 x 190 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805260363