Peter Zeihan: The End of the World is Just the Beginning

Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical analyst, author, and speaker who makes bold and startlingly accurate projections on the basis of geography, demography, and global politics.

He has authored 5 books about geopolitics; A Crucible of Nations, The Accidental Superpower, The Absent Superpower, Disunited Nations, and his latest, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization.

Peter takes a somber, yet realistic, view of what the short to medium term future holds for countries around the globe. Decades of relative piece, secure routes, and economic integration represent an extreme outlier in the course of human history.

In this episode, Peter and Aaron discus how demographics and globalization will affect changes, trouble ahead for China, and how leaders can prepare.

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00:00 intro
01:58 Globalization and how it's ending
05:20 Conflict to watch in 2022
08:15 The Importance of Acknowledging History
10:34 The Value of Leaders Learning from History
13:22 Control of the sea and safe passage across the oceans
16:50 Geopolitics
18:42 New Alliance
21:15 U.S.-Mexico:Targeting Drug Cartels
26:47 China's Energy and food security
30:02 The Russia sanctions are important lesson for China
37:08 "The books are my way of having a conversation to myself"
44:52 Actionable Personal Challenge