Peter Zeihan Books

Globalization didn’t start with the Internet or the World Trade Organization; it began with rivers and coastlines. The story of world trade is the story of access—access to water, transport, and resources. For millennia, civilizations existed as isolated bubbles. Only when maritime technology improv...

From The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder

If geography is destiny, then America hit the jackpot. The United States possesses more navigable river mileage than the rest of the world combined. Those rivers cut through fertile lands, linking interior production directly to oceanic export. Think of it as an internal transportation network grant...

From The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder

If you want to grasp the logic behind the rise of globalization, begin with geography. The terrain of the planet itself has always dictated how civilizations interact. Rivers and coastlines open possibilities for trade, while mountains and deserts enforce isolation. The post-war world order was not ...

From The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

The second great driver of the post-globalization era is demography. The world is getting older faster than ever before. For decades, prosperous nations relied on young, expanding workforces to fuel growth, consumption, and innovation. Those days are over. Japan pioneered aging society trends; Europ...

From The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization