World Builders
Technology and the New Geopolitics
by Bruno Maçães
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Pub Date Feb 13 2025 | Archive Date Feb 01 2025
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Description
World politics has changed, claims Bruno Maçães. Geopolitics is no longer simply a contest to control territory: in this age of advanced technology, it has become a contest to create the territory. Great powers seek to build a world for other states to inhabit, while keeping the ability to change the rules or the state of the world when necessary. At a moment when the old concepts no longer work, this book aims to introduce a radically new theory of world politics and technology. Understood as 'world building', the most important events of our troubled times suddenly appear connected and their inner logic is revealed: technology wars between China and the United States, the pandemic,the war in Ukraine and the energy transition. In conclusion, Maçães considers the more distant future, when the metaverse and artificial intelligence become the world – one the great powers must struggle to build and control.
Advance Praise
‘The control of physical territory defined international relations for centuries. But in our increasingly technopolar age, it’s the power to create new spaces - virtual, economic, even physical - that matters most. Bruno Maçães brilliantly captures this shift in World Builders, showing how the ability to build and control the technological infrastructure underpinning the very arenas in which states compete for supremacy has become the defining feature of contemporary geopolitics. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the forces driving global power in the 21st century.’ Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
‘An altogether fascinating and deeply troubling book.’ William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
‘In this original and richly sourced book, Bruno Maçães argues that the technological revolution is transforming the very “geo” in geopolitics. It’s a sophisticated and highly stimulating argument, with which everyone interested in international affairs will want to engage.’ Timothy Garton Ash, author of Homelands: A Personal History of Europe
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781009397384 |
| PRICE | $29.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 265 |
