![]() With titles like ‘The Cornered Bear’, ‘Kick Down the Ladder’, ‘Champagne Glasses’, ‘The Madman’, ‘The Donkey’ and ‘The Saddlebags’, How They Rule the World is a practical set of rules for engagement that can be enjoyed by anyone. Each principle is contextualised in history both classic and modern, from Bismarck to Kissinger but also related to the current world of Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping. Baños presents this high-stakes game as a series of 27 universal rules on how to act and exert influence in the international sphere. Once an insider to this closed world, Pedro Baños reveals that however it might be smoothed over by the PR of political diplomacy, the world of geopolitics is one of war and conflict by strategic means, where countries have sought dominion and power over their rivals since the dawn of time. Wherever you turn - Europe, Russia, China, Korea, Syria, the Middle East - we are living in a time of global geopolitical power plays. Is there anything more cut-throat than global politics?
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