Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride packed with foresight, wit, and his trademark irreverence. Which means everything about our interconnected world - from how we manufacture products, to how we grow food, to how we keep the lights on, to how we shuttle stuff about, to how we pay for it all - is about to change. The list of countries that make it all work is smaller than you think.

In The End of the World is Just the Beginning, author and geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging. Billions of people have been fed and educated as the American-led trade system spread across the globe. American security policy forced warring nations to lay down their arms. Complex, innovative industries were created to satisfy American consumers. The American dollar underpins internationalized energy and financial markets. Globe-spanning supply chains are only possible with the protection of the U.S. America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it going. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. In his new book, 'The End of the World is Just the Beginning,' geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan says the upheavals in the world today are the result of an unraveling of the global order. There's no way around that.A New York Times Bestseller! 2019 was the last great year for the world economy. The background is good, the future is good. And with every American build out for success, with every global decline, more money and more people with skills are going to relocate to the United States. He added: 'These are things that are working for us but are working against most of the rest of the world. 346K views 2 months ago The Bryan Callen Show Bryan is joined by Geopolitical Strategist, Peter Zeihan, to break down the reasons why China is doomed, why the war is Ukraine is far from over. That's geographic, that's local, and that's demographic.' But the structural stuff we don't have to fight for. There are a lot of bumps along the road, there are a lot of things that we can and probably will get wrong.

needs to double its industrial and manufacturing capacity. To bring inflation down, and remain immune from disruptions in the fragmented global supply chain, for instance, the U.S. Despite the bleak picture Zeihan paints for the rest of the world in his book, he predicts that the U.S., with its relatively isolated geography, promising demographics, and simpler supply chains, is well-positioned to not only weather the storm, but come out on top within the next few decades.

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