About the Book: Great Power Games: From Western Decline to Eastern Ascent
Great Power Games is an authoritative account of the world order in ¬ux, from
the ashes of the Second World War to the fractured present. For decades, the
United States and its Western allies shaped the global system through treaties,
institutions and a carefully constructed rules-based order. That edi ce now
shows deep cracks. Hot wars rage on multiple fronts, the West is riven by
internal turmoil and America, under the disruptive presidency of Donald Trump,
has abandoned the very frameworks it once created.
In this gripping narrative, Vikram Sood, former chief of