The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan - Non Fiction - Paperback

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Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781526608246. Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing. Age Range: Adult. Overview:. The New Silk Roads is Peter Frankopan's incisive follow-up to his global bestseller The Silk Roads, turning his attention to the fast-shifting balance of power stretching from Europe to China. As the West grapples with Brexit and rising populism, Frankopan charts how nations across Asia and the Middle East are forging deeper economic and political ties. Sharp, current, and impeccably researched, it's essential reading for anyone wanting to understand where real global power is heading next.. About the Book:. In this compact, fast-paced companion to his landmark history The Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan turns from the deep past to the urgent present. He traces how the ancient network of trade routes linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia is being reactivated and reshaped by new infrastructure, new alliances, and new ambitions. While Western politics has turned inward — consumed by Brexit negotiations and the disruptions of the Trump era — Frankopan shows countries along the old Silk Roads building railways, pipelines, and partnerships that are quietly redrawing the map of global influence. The book moves briskly through China's Belt and Road Initiative, the shifting fortunes of Russia and Iran, and the strategic manoeuvring of Gulf states, always asking the same underlying question: who benefits when the centre of gravity shifts eastward? Frankopan's prose is scholarly but never dry, packed with vivid detail and sharp observation that makes complex geopolitics accessible to general readers. Rather than offering easy answers, the book invites readers to reconsider assumptions about where power, wealth and opportunity are really concentrating in the twenty-first century. It's a timely corrective to Western-centric narratives, and a reminder that history's great crossroads have rarely stayed still for long. For readers who enjoyed the ambitious sw