Description
THE COLLAPSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Book summary
This work offers a rigorous and multidimensional analysis of the critical transformation the international system has undergone between April 2024 and July 2025. The reader will find an academic interpretation of the transition from an order based on shared norms toward a fragmented, unstable, and competitive environment. Its main value lies in providing conceptual keys to understand the decline of the international architecture inherited from the Cold War and to anticipate the new power dynamics that will redefine the 21st century.
What is it about?
The book examines the collapse of the international framework that articulated relations between States since the end of the Cold War. Through an interdisciplinary approach that integrates international relations theory, strategic analysis, contemporary history, and security studies, the work addresses the main axes of global conflict: the war in Ukraine, the escalation in the Middle East, tensions in the Indo-Pacific, and political realignments in Ibero-America.
The work analyzes structural phenomena such as the return of war as a central tool of policy, the technological mutation of conflict, the erosion of multilateralism, the rise of the BRICS as a disruptive bloc, the redefinition of European sovereignty, and the dispute for leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In this context, the control of strategic resources, digital platforms, and technological infrastructures emerges as a key dimension of international rivalry.
Main topics
- Transformation of the international order and the end of the post-Cold War architecture
- High-intensity wars and simultaneous strategic crises (Ukraine, Middle East, Indo-Pacific)
- Rearmament of major powers and redefinition of European sovereignty
- Rise of the BRICS as a disruptive bloc and erosion of multilateralism
- Technological mutation of conflict and the dispute over the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Control of strategic resources, digital platforms, and technological infrastructures
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at professors, researchers, diplomats, analysts, and readers interested in world politics, power dynamics between States, and major geostrategic transformation processes. It is also highly useful for advanced students of international relations, political science, and security studies who seek a critical and structured reading of global systemic change.
What this book offers
- A rigorous and structured academic reading of a critical stage of international transformation
- Conceptual keys to anticipate the political, economic, and strategic implications of the new geopolitical cycle
- A multidimensional analysis that integrates theory, history, strategy, and security into a coherent framework
- Deep understanding of the decline of the inherited international architecture and new power logics
- Interpretative tools to unravel the logic of systemic change in the coming decades
Technical specifications
- Author: FERNANDEZ-ROCA SUAREZ, CARLOS HUGO
- Publisher: J.M.BOSCH
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: GEOPOLITICS
- Collection: SECURITY AND DEFENSE COLLECTION
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: September 2025
- Number of pages: 382
- Weight: 700 g
Editorial review
This is a timely and necessary work for those seeking to understand the reconfiguration of the international order in a moment of maximum uncertainty. Its interdisciplinary approach and interpretative scope allow it to go beyond circumstantial diagnosis, offering the reader solid analytical tools to navigate an increasingly fragmented and competitive global scenario. A reference title for professionals and academics in the field of geopolitics and international security.