Rappler editor-at-large Marites Vitug talks about 3 books on security, foreign policy, and governance, and on the changing world.
When my editor asked me to write about books on any of these subjects – security, foreign policy, and governance – as part of a package of year-end stories, I went over my groaning bookshelf and found 3 that I have partly read, with bookmarks still on the pages where my attention stopped and veered to other books.
, an epilogue to his highly successful book, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World. He takes us away from the old centers of power where Trump and Brexit are causing isolation to the cities where decisions that matter are being made – like Beijing, Moscow, New Delhi, Islamabad, Ankara, and a host of others.
China is developing sources of for its domestic needs primarily energy, and also ensures future food supply.The BRI raises prospects for Chinese businesses to open up new opportunities for the future. Stavridis reminds us that over 70% of the globe is covered by water and that all the great oceans are connected. These facts, which pull us out of our landlocked minds, are why oceans matter in global politics.
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