International Relations

How power works between nations. Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers shows how the great powers of Europe drifted into the First World War. Chris Miller's Chip War explains why semiconductors became the centre of the contest between the United States and China, and Javier Blas and Jack Farchy's The World for Sale reveals how commodity traders move oil, metals and food across borders, and into politics. Readable books on geopolitics and diplomacy, past and present.

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Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the art of managing relations between states, and its failures can be catastrophic. Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is a study of the diplomacy that led to the First World War: the alliances, misunderstandings and crises between 1903 and 1914, and how leaders who did not want a world war took the decisions that started one. A brilliant, detailed and gripping history. More books on diplomacy will join this category; see International Relations for more.

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Geopolitics

Geopolitics is about how geography, resources and technology shape power between nations. Chris Miller's Chip War shows why microchips became the world's most critical technology, and why their production, concentrated in a few places such as Taiwan, is at the heart of the rivalry between the United States and China. Javier Blas and Jack Farchy's The World for Sale shows how commodity traders move oil, metals and grain, and gain influence over governments. Two revealing books on today's world. See International Relations for more.

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