{"product_id":"americas-new-map-restoring-our-global-leadership-in-an-era-of-climate-change-and-demographic-collapse-9781637744291","title":"America's New Map: Restoring Our Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demographic Collapse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree tectonic and inevitable shifts have left the world at a crossroads. North America is poised to either re-emerge as a global leader, or turn back in time, ceding power and influence to competitors.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 21st century unleashed unprecedented changes across the globe--to its climate, to the demographic makeup of its nations, and to the very nature of allegiance in the digital age. With its global influence waning, America must reevaluate its approach to globalization if it wishes to remain a leader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerica's New Map: Restoring Global Leadership in an Era of Climate Change and Demographic Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas P.M. Barnett, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003eand acclaimed geo-strategist, offers seven throughlines to frame and redefine the ambitions and posture of these United States, setting our Union on a bold-but-entirely-familiar national trajectory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these pages, Barnett offers a deep, yet accessible dive into the three shifts that have lead us to this point: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs \u003cb\u003eclimate change\u003c\/b\u003e ravages countries closest to the equator, global dynamics are shifting from an East-West emphasis to North-South in the greatest geopolitical transformation our world has yet experienced--and the Western Hemisphere is far better positioned to exploit this radical reorientation than the East.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAging \u003cb\u003edemographics worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e favor more slowly aging nations, including the US, while challenging rapidly aging nations like China, incentivizing countries best to delay that transition by integrating younger, faster-growing populations into their ranks. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn combination, these two tectonic forces collide with a third: the \u003cb\u003eexploding consumption\u003c\/b\u003e of an expanding--and now majority--global middle class, the bulk of whom reside along the increasingly unstable North-South frontier. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking every variable of these unique circumstances into account, \u003ci\u003eAmerica's New Map\u003c\/i\u003e charts a path toward a bigger and better United States. We will all be living in \u003ci\u003esomebody's \u003c\/i\u003eworld come mid-century--this book tells Americans how to make sure it is one we can recognize as our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Benbella Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637744291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Thomas P. M. Barnett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112115175605,"sku":"9781637744291","price":27.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9a291825-1ab1-44ae-b35e-b2aeca425655.jpg?v=1693929020","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/americas-new-map-restoring-our-global-leadership-in-an-era-of-climate-change-and-demographic-collapse-9781637744291","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}