Résultats pour "The Race" dans Relations internationales

‘An important subject handled sensitively, written beautifully and researched superbly’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL, CO-HOST OF THE REST IS POLITICS 'Moving, beautiful and important' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Punchy and persuasive' SUNDAY TIMES As Sophia Smith Galer’s Nonna lay dying, she realised it...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The first major insider account of the high-stakes negotiations to free the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7—written in gripping detail by the American mediator who was in the room through it all Having served four American presidents on matters of war and peace...

A revelatory examination of the global impact of Emmanuel Macron's tumultuous presidency.A political novice leading a brand new party, in 2017 Emmanuel Macron swept away traditional political forces and emerged as president of France. Almost immediately he realized his task was not only to...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. For fifty years after the last boot print was left in the grey dust, nobody went back. The Moon became a place humanity had visited once, in a burst of Cold War competition, and then quietly abandoned. That era is over, and the second race is not going...

A new industrial revolution has begun. Like mechanization or electricity before it, artificial intelligence will touch every aspect of our lives—and cause profound disruptions in the balance of global power, especially among the AI superpowers: China, the United States, and Europe. Autonomous weapons expert Paul Scharre takes listeners inside the fierce competition to develop and implement this game-changing technology and dominate the future.

This is an urgent wake-up call. Every iPhone, electric vehicle, AI data center, smart missile and countless other tech essentials rely on rare earth metals. Today, China controls up to 97% of the refined materials and is actively weaponizing that monopoly against the West. In The Race for Rare...

From a top expert based in Beijing, a deeply reported account of China’s chokehold on rare earth metals and what it means for the future. Rare earth metals are essential for today’s most important technologies, from iPhones to artificial intelligence to advanced missiles. They are vital for...

In Global Tech Wars, Financial Times’ veteran journalist James Kynge delivers a gripping analysis of China’s rapid technological ascent. No longer confined to low-end goods, China is now leading in cutting-edge industries: artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, surveillance technology, robotics, and more. Big Western corporations are facing multiple disruptive shocks. What does this mean for the future?

From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and several presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump. Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of...

An urgent call-to-action outlining how we can prevent a global conflict in the near-future from Tobias Ellwood, former Defence Minister and Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee. 'Crucial reading on why our global order has come apart at the seams' - WILLIAM HAGUE 'Thoughtful...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the Moon’s permanently dark craters, frozen water could become drinking water, breathable oxygen, and fuel for journeys deeper into space. On a few sunlit ridges, whoever builds first may gain an advantage that is difficult to dislodge. America and...

The true war for artificial intelligence isn't fought in code, but in the geopolitics of global supply chains. While software gets the glory, the real battlefields are lithium deserts, cobalt mines, and hyper-sterile chip factories. Uncover the invisible physical foundation powering every major...

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations) “Part John le...

China and the US are in a pitched battle to control the way the world functions - from the global trade and investment regime and choice of reserve currency to its top products and which country is the most influential. Governments, businesses, and individuals are being forced to make a choice: lean in the direction of the eagle and pursue a free, democratic, and market-oriented economic and political system, or lean in the direction of the panda, toward that of an authoritarian form of government and state-dominated economic system.

The race for artificial intelligence hinges on urgent global resource wars over hidden physical supply chains. While algorithms dominate headlines, the true chokepoints of modern tech are the rare metals powering our data centers. Perfect for a focused commute, this eye-opening investigation...

Crime and gentrification are hot-button issues that easily polarize racially diverse neighborhoods. How do residents, activists, and politicians navigate the thorny politics of race as they fight crime or resist gentrification? And do conflicts over competing visions of neighborhood change necessarily divide activists into racially homogeneous camps, or can they produce more complex alliances and divisions? In Us Versus Them, Jan Doering answers these questions through an in-depth study of two Chicago neighborhoods. 

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The national security expert who predicted Putin’s invasion of Ukraine argues that Xi Jinping is preparing to conquer Taiwan—with dire global stakes if he is not deterred “An excellent source.” —Economist We are fully in the midst of Cold War II, this time with...

In August 2012, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was clinging to power in a vicious civil war. Concerned that Assad might resort to chemical weapons, the international community warned that any such use would cross 'a red line', warranting a military response. When a year later Assad bombed the Damascus suburb of Ghouta with sarin gas, killing hundreds, global leaders were torn between living up to their word and becoming mired in another unpopular Middle Eastern war. So when Russia offered to store Syria's chemical weapons, the world leaped at the solution.

A Slim Book of Advice on Winning Your Race for Local Office speaks directly to the local candidate at the moment of decision, skipping the obvious and focusing on the hard-won insights that make winning at the local level a very different animal. Local politics is smaller, more personal, and cannot be run by remote control. Candidates find those rare creatures, municipal election voters — one by one at their doors. Sometimes those doors remain closed. Sometimes they open, and in a matter of seconds, a real connection must be made. This book shows how to do that well.

On 3 April 2020, Kate Bingham was told that the likelihood of any Covid-19 vaccine working was 15% at best. But on 8 December 2020, the first NHS patient received a vaccine. Now nearly every adult in Britain has had a jab, lockdowns have ended and we can finally live with Covid. What lies behind...