Books on Geopolitics



"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries".

It is not good heart or benevolence that holds diverse regions together, but cold hearted geopolitical and economic benefits.

ASEAN succeeds because it "appeals to the naked self-interests of each great power".



The ASEAN Miracle: A Catalyst for Peace
by Kishore Mahbubani, Jeffery Sng


Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
by Gen. David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts




The New Silk Roads: The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order
by Peter Frankopan


Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia
by Kishore Mahbubani and others




Can Asians Think? Understanding the Divide Between East and West
by Prof. Kishore Mahbubani


Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
by Prof. Kishore Mahbubani




The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington


World Order
by Henry Kissinger




Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure Dilemmas and the Challenge of International Cooperation
by Allison Carnegie, Austin Carson


A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs




Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
by Henry Kissinger


On China
by Henry Kissinger




Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson


How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato




The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama








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