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The Accidental Superpower

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The Accidental Superpower by Peter Zeihan offers a provocative analysis of America's future dominance in a rapidly transforming world. The book explores how geography and demographics shape global power, highlighting America's unique advantages such as energy independence and a youthful population. Zeihan argues that these factors will enable the U.S. to thrive as the global system shifts towards de-globalisation, while other nations face economic and demographic challenges.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in international politics, geopolitics, and economic forecasting. It appeals to those looking for a contrarian perspective on America's role in the evolving global landscape.

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A counterintuitive look at why America will remain a superpower for the next fifty years.

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In the bestselling tradition of The World Is Flat and The Next 100 Years comes a contrarian and eye-opening assessment of American power.

In The Accidental Superpower, international strategist Peter Zeihan examines how the hard rules of geography are eroding the American commitment to free trade; how much of the planet is aging into a mass retirement that will enervate capital supplies; and how it is the ever-ravenous American economy that is rapidly approaching energy independence.

Combined, these factors are overturning the global system and ushering in a new (dis)order. For most, that is a disaster-in-waiting, but not for the Americans. The shale revolution allows Americans to sidestep a dangerous energy market. Only the U.S. boasts a youth population large enough to escape the sucking maw of global aging. Geography will matter more than ever in a de-globalizing world, and America's geography is simply sublime.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781455583683

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 January 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Twelve

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 150.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 406g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Peter Zeihan launched his own firm, Zeihan on Geopolitics, in 2012 after working for twelve years with the geopolitical analysis firm Stratfor, where he was Vice President of Analysis

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