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The post-Cold War world is ending. What comes next?

For more than three decades, the international system was shaped by globalization, American primacy, expanding economic integration, and the belief that the liberal international order would continue indefinitely.

Today, those assumptions are increasingly under pressure.

Major powers are competing once again. Global supply chains are fragmenting. Technological rivalry is intensifying. Energy security has returned to the forefront of national strategy. Regional powers are reshaping the balance of influence. Questions of sovereignty, resilience, and national security are once again defining international politics.

In The Age of Fragmentation, Alina Vey examines the structural forces transforming the modern world and explores the emergence of a new geopolitical era.

Drawing upon history, political economy, strategic studies, and international relations, this book provides a balanced and accessible analysis of the challenges shaping the twenty-first century.

Inside, readers will discover:

• Why the unipolar moment is coming to an end

• The rise of multipolarity and the redistribution of global power

• The future of U.S.-China strategic competition

• Russia, Eurasia, and the changing security landscape

• The future of NATO and the European Union

• The Indo-Pacific and the new centre of global geopolitics

• Technology, artificial intelligence, and the future of power

• Economic warfare, sanctions, and strategic competition

• Energy security, critical minerals, and resource geopolitics

• Climate change as a strategic force

• The return of sovereignty and the nation-state

• Possible scenarios for the future international order

Neither alarmist nor ideological, The Age of Fragmentation offers a clear and evidence-based framework for understanding a world undergoing profound transformation.

For readers of international affairs, policymakers, military professionals, students of geopolitics, and anyone seeking to understand the forces shaping the future, this book provides an essential guide to the emerging global landscape.

The age of globalization promised convergence. The age now emerging will be defined by competition, resilience, and adaptation.