At a time of global crisis, the world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of nations. Out of this tumultuous situation, Daniel Yergin, global energy expert and master story-teller, drew the new map of energy and geopolitics. Controversial fracking technology has enabled the “shale revolution” in oil and gas which in overnight has almost made the United States the world’s number one energy powerhouse. Simultaneously, concerns on climate change drove an energy transition in search for a low-carbon future.
World politics is also being upended, as a new cold war developed between the United States and China and the rivalry grew more dangerous with Russia, which is pivoting east towards Beijing. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are converging both on energy and in opposing America’s role in the world, as China projects its power and influence in all directions –especially into the South China Sea, the world’s most critical trade route, where the United States and China could directly collide. The map of the Middle East, which was laid down after the First World War, is being challenged by jihadists, revolutionary Iran and ethnic and religious clashes. The region has also been stunned by the recent oil price collapse – and is increasingly aware of the question over the future of oil for the rest of the century. The coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming economic dark age have made these situations bleaker and more urgent.
On the eve of the U.S. presidential election, Daniel Yergin takes the reader on a riveting and timely journey across this new map, illuminating the great issues of geopolitics and energy in our era of rising political turbulence and pointing at the profound challenges that lie ahead.
(Source: https://www.danielyergin.com/books/thenewmap)
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