introduction

Part 1 | A Polarized World

From the Anti-Nazi Alliance to the East-West Split
nuclear
Asia torn apart
Towards peaceful coexistence?
Near East
Latin America: America's Backyard
The Birth of the Third World
The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Narrow Averted Nuclear War
The concept of détente
arms control
Formation of the European Community
Russia's Eastern European hegemony is once again in question
Establishment of a military dictatorship
Vietnam, Cambodia, Pakistan… Conflicts in Asia
The Near East: The Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War
Africa: Racial Conflict and Apartheid
The end of détente

Part 2 | Towards a Peaceful New World Order?

Perestroika
Gorbachev's reforms
Failed perestroika
German reunification
Internal divisions in the Soviet Union
Towards a new world order?
Another war broke out in Europe
Genocide in the late 20th century

Part 3 | The West No Longer Rules the World

Africa
Central and South America
Asia
USA
europe
Middle East
russia

“What happens beyond our borders has an immediate impact on our daily lives!”
An educational comic that helps you understand international affairs from a broader perspective!

Some days, news breaks about Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, while others report on Central and South American countries struggling to respond to COVID-19.
Then, out of nowhere, breaking news came that Russia had invaded Ukraine.
In an era where new news comes in before we can even look back at the details of each incident.
Since we don't know the situation in each country well, the meaning of the news is even more difficult to understand.

Even if you're familiar with most historical issues and follow the news without fail, can you truly understand the modern world if you don't grasp the logic of international competition and the geopolitical gains and losses? The polarization of the world, the nuclear issue, and the emergence of new powers are surprisingly closely linked.
What's even more surprising is that these events are rapidly impacting our daily lives as globalization accelerates.

Perhaps readers will instinctively understand that this is not just a 'diplomatic issue'.
What happens beyond our borders has a direct and immediate impact on our daily lives.
Perhaps some will be surprised to discover the secrets of mysterious geopolitics.
I hope that readers will find clues to better understand international realities in this cartoon.
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Geopolitician Pascal Bonifas analyzes the elements and consequences of key historical events that have occurred since 1945.
Social polarization, decolonization, economic globalization, tensions in the Middle East...
He emphasizes that at the center of all these changes is a person.
A concise summary of the history of extraordinary figures, from Roosevelt and Mao Zedong to Castro, Mandela, Trump, and Putin.

In particular, this book focuses on showing the connections between conflicts and political events over the past 70 to 80 years.
Therefore, it is an excellent introduction to international politics for both readers who are new to modern world history and those who wish to review it.
It is particularly praised for its ample coverage of Asian stories, including those of Korea, and its ability to maintain neutrality as much as possible while explaining historical events.

The world's movements in comics! A bold attempt to popularize geopolitics!
Get a quick overview of the international situation, focusing on around 70 events!

Pascal Boniface emphasizes that he is a teacher before being an international political scientist.
It is said that understanding is more important than learning, but it is difficult to move to the stage of understanding without a 'minimum knowledge' about the world.
In this dimension, he emphasizes the positive function of comics.
“Can’t we unravel the workings of the world in the least boring way possible?” This book is the answer to that question.


A good picture is worth a thousand words.
I can't tell you how often I've thought of this proverb when I've read the newspaper and realized that talented illustrators are actually great editorial writers.
(Omitted) Comics do not distance us from reading.
Rather, it leads to reading.
Comics don't interfere with thinking.
It just allows you to think in a different way.
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The book is largely divided into three parts: ‘A Polarized World,’ ‘The New World Order,’ and ‘The Forces That Move the World Today.’
About 70 key issues, including the games and weapons of the great powers and inter-Korean relations, are explained “simply, but fairly and accurately.”
Readers need only understand the foundations of international order and follow the flow of events from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the restructuring of the modern world.
It is often said that “history is determined by geography.”
The basis of this book is ‘geopolitics,’ the author Pascal Bonifas’s field of expertise.
This is why we have tried to compress the text explanations as much as possible while also sparing no expense in inserting maps on almost every page.
The two authors, who collaborated on text and illustrations, hope that readers will naturally notice the close relationship between geographical environments and political phenomena.


★★★ Praise from French Amazon readers!

The most entertaining way to shed new light on complex international relations!
I love how clear and concise the explanations are!
An educational comic optimized for understanding and reviewing the modern world!
The connections between various conflicts and political events are clearly understood!
It immerses the reader in a surprisingly simple and humorous way!

★★★ French press reviews

Simple, fair, and accurate! - [Le ​​Monde Diplomatique]
A visually captivating geopolitical comic! - [Le ​​Elephant]
A massive work that blends historical rigor with humor! - [Politis]
An essential work for popularizing geopolitics! - Bookstore [Bille Dancre]
A must-read for understanding the latest episode in global geopolitics! - Michel Edouard Leclerc (CEO of Leclerc)