{"product_id":"9781009397384","title":"World Builders : Technology and the New Geopolitics","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld politics has changed, claims Bruno Ma�aes. 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 wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the energy transition. To conclude, Ma�aes considers the more distant future, when the metaverse and artificial intelligence become the world, a world the great powers must struggle to build and control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732002062712,"sku":"9781009397384","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781009397384.jpg?v=1794265848","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781009397384","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}