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The Absent Superpower
by Peter Zeihan
Shale makes America energy independent and uninterested in policing the world; what happens when it leaves. Zeihan's second forecast.
Read it if…
you want the shale-and-withdrawal thesis.
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Skip it if…
you have read his later books.
Try instead: Disunited Nations →
Three things you will actually use
- Energy independence changes interest.
- Withdrawal reshapes regions.
- Prepare for disorder.
Do this first
Read the chapters on shale.
Our verdict
Zeihan's absence.
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