Infrastructure Wars

Infrastructure Wars

Russell A. Duke

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Editorial:
Russell Duke
Año de edición:
2026
Materia
Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9798295584695

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Infrastructure Wars: How Roads, Ports, and Power Influence Political Control is a groundbreaking examination of how the 21st century’s most powerful nations are no longer fighting for dominance through armies or ideology alone but through infrastructure. From railways and ports to energy pipelines, digital networks, and strategic financial lending, the book reveals how modern empires are built not with weapons, but with concrete, capital, and connectivity. Drawing on real-world examples such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the G7’s Build Back Better World (B3W), and the EU’s Global Gateway, this book uncovers the hidden geopolitical strategies shaping world order today. Through deeply researched chapters and global case studies, the author shows how infrastructure has become a tool of influence, coercion, and control reshaping borders, economies, and alliances. Topics include: How China’s trillion-dollar BRI rewires trade routes and builds economic dependency The West’s counter-efforts to reclaim influence through transparent and sustainable development The role of World Bank conditionalities in shaping political outcomes How developing nations navigate debt, sovereignty, and opportunity The rise of digital infrastructure as a new battlefield for global power Infrastructure Wars exposes how roads, ports, pipelines, and even fiber-optic cables now define the balance of power and how nations are competing to control the arteries of the global economy. This is essential reading for policymakers, analysts, academics, investors, and anyone seeking to understand the future of international relations, global economics, and geopolitical strategy..

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