Imagine you are a Foreign Minister: Globalisation

Guide to geopolitics and history (part seven)

Welcome! This is the seventh and final post in my Guide to geopolitics and history — Imagine you are a Foreign Minister.

• I have prepared the guide as seven short briefings into the essential lessons of history for geopolitics. My introduction and briefing on the myths of geopolitics is here.

• In this post, I share my insights into globalisation and how it shapes geopolitics and changes in world history.

• What is the true story of that ubiquitous word, globalisation?

My slightly revised posting schedule is:

• 24 July - Introduction and 1. Myths of Geopolitics (all subscribers)

• 31 July - 2. Geography (paid subscribers)

• 1 August - 3. International Politics (paid subscribers)

• 7 August - 4. Power Factors (paid subscribers)

• 8 August - 5. Power Players (paid subscribers)

• 14 August - 6. Great Power Narratives (paid subscribers)

• 15 August - 7. Globalisation (paid subscribers)

You can purchase this full guide (priced at $100 AUD) separately here.

But the best way to access the guide is to become a paid subscriber.

If you subscribe, you will get full access to all seven modules of my guide to geopolitics and history.

In this module on globalisation alone, you get:

• briefing on this major trend in history and geopolitics

• video guide to help think independently about globalisation

• recommendations on quality histories of globalisation

• opportunities to chat about the guide with me.

And that is on top of all the other benefits of the full Burning Archive experience! You can read along with great history books, enjoy bonus workshops, listen to my audiobook readings, and dive deeply into world history with my guides.

Please join me, read on, and imagine you are a Foreign Minister, for a day.