The Accidental Superpower
Ten Years On
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Peter Zeihan examines how geography influences the economic and strategic position of the United States and the wider international system.
Rivers, oceans, agricultural capacity, and neighboring states become part of an explanation of national advantage. The book shifts attention from leaders’ decisions to the physical conditions within which those decisions are made.
It begins a three-book Zeihan sequence on American power, international engagement, and the possible reorganization of global trade.
Why I include it
I recommend Zeihan’s geographic lens as a fresh way to understand American power and the conditions beneath policy choices.
