Description
Globalisation was once hailed as the ultimate economic equaliser, promising shared prosperity across borders. However, the international landscape has shifted drastically as authoritarian powers like Russia, China, and Iran seek to upend the modern rules-based global order. In response, Western democracies have mounted unprecedented economic retaliation, turning the global economy itself into a highly strategic weapon of war.
Written by former top US State Department official Edward Fishman, this thrilling narrative delivers a definitive behind-the-scenes account of this pivotal geopolitical transformation. Drawing on years of personal policymaking experience, deep forensic research, and exclusive interviews, Fishman explores how a specialized group of diplomats, lawyers, and financial innovators leveraged Western dominance over the US dollar, international wire networks, and high-tech supply chains to engineer a fearsome arsenal of sanctions. The book functions as both a warning and an eye-opening analytical journey into how modern states win conflicts without firing a single missile.
