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Start with a subject that interests you. Each collection brings together books, context, and connections to help you choose what to read next. Follow a suggested starting point or make your own way through the shelves.
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Understand the ideas behind power, collective identity, and social change. These books offer different ways to interpret the forces shaping our world.
Explore the books Foundations of Power & MovementsExplore the collection
Explore the promises and pressures of an interconnected world, from the institutions behind global order to the people and places affected by change.
Explore the books Rise and Strain of GlobalizationExplore the collection
Read contrasting perspectives on China’s history, diplomacy, industry, and ambitions—and the relationships connecting it to the rest of the world.
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Look beneath the digital world at the chips, data, platforms, and decisions that shape security, privacy, and public life.
Explore the books Tech, Surveillance & the New Cold WarExplore the collection
Consider how conflict, innovation, and uncertainty might reshape the future. Compare competing scenarios and question the assumptions behind them.
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Explore how geography, demographics, energy, and trade influence a changing international order.
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Think about the responsibilities of leadership, the demands of public service, and the choices that shape purposeful organizations.
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Follow the money to understand how secrecy, offshore networks, and financial institutions can enable corruption.
Explore the books Corruption & Global FinanceAuthor spotlight
Explore war, service, memory, and imagined futures through Elliot Ackerman’s fiction and nonfiction. Continue with his essays, interviews, and reading recommendations.
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Explore AI and technology through books that put today’s changes in context, then put the ideas into practice with useful courses.
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Explore health, longevity, and well-being with a focus on evidence, thoughtful questions, and practical understanding.
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