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The New Cold War: Technology, Territory and the Battle for the 21st Century
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Series: The Global Fault Lines
International RelationsMilitary Strategy
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 646
Weight: 1.69
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The post-Cold War illusion is over. A new era of great-power competition has begun.
For thirty years, the world believed that history had ended - that liberal democracy, free markets, and American leadership were the inevitable destiny of humankind. That illusion died in Crimea, in the South China Sea, in the semiconductor foundries of Taiwan, and in the algorithmic battlefields of cyberspace.
In The New Cold War, Nicholas Holt maps the multiple fronts of the twenty-first century's defining contest: the technology war over 5G, AI, and quantum computing; the militarisation of space; the scramble for Arctic resources; the nuclear renaissance; the biological frontier of pandemics and bioweapons; and the information battlefield where disinformation, cyber war, and cognitive warfare are the new normal.
Inside, you will discover:
- The tech war's real stakes: why control of semiconductors, AI, and quantum computing is the new arms race
- The space race reborn: how satellites have become both the infrastructure of modern life and the first battlefield of the next war
- The Arctic gambit: ice, resources, and the northern competition that no one is watching
- The Indo-Pacific chessboard: alliances, bases, and the containment architecture encircling China
- Cold peace or hot war? Three scenarios for the new bipolar age - and how to prepare for each
This book is essential for:
- Defence and intelligence professionals navigating the new threat landscape
- Technology investors assessing geopolitical risk in AI, semiconductors, and space
- Citizens who need to understand the forces shaping their security and their children's future
The New Cold War is not a metaphor. It is the framework within which the twenty-first century will be fought. This book is your field guide.
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