Imagine you are a Foreign Minister: Power Players

Guide to geopolitics and history (part five)

Welcome! This is the fifth post in my new 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 the major power players on the world stage.

• If there was one hyper-power in 1991, who are the super-powers of 2024?

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 power players alone, you get:

• briefing on the major power players - who are the superpowers now?

• video guides to reimagine the world with many great powers

• recommendations to learn about the diplomacy of major powers at the United Nations

• 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.