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
Rivers, oceans, farmland, and neighbors get more attention here than leaders’ intentions. Zeihan’s geographic approach offers a fresh way to think about American power and the advantages beneath its policy choices.
