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The New Map by Daniel Yergin

The New Map

By Daniel Yergin

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About The New Map

Daniel Yergin examines the changing relationship among energy, climate, and international power. He connects resource production and infrastructure with national ambitions and emerging technologies, showing how energy transitions interact with geopolitical competition.

Why I include it

I include this for the energy-system detail behind broader arguments about national power and global realignment.

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Geopolitical Realignment

Adds energy-system detail to arguments about geopolitics and national power; a more familiar author included for substance.

What to look for while reading

Which evidence supports the author's argument, and how does this account change the questions you bring to the other books in this section?

Perspective & context

I bring these books together to compare perspectives and develop judgment. No single author has the final word.

Key themes

  • Geopolitical Realignment

Praise & Reviews

“A master class on how the world works.”
— NPR

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