Chokepoints

Globalisation was once seen as the great leveller, bringing prosperity to all. But the world has changed. Tensions with Russia, China and Iran have led to unprecedented economic retaliation from the USA and its allies. The global economy is now a weapon of war.

Chokepoints is a thrilling behind-the-scenes account of one of the most critical geopolitical developments of our time. Using extensive research, personal experience and interviews with the key players, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department sanctions official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power around the world. Here we meet an eclectic group of innovators: the diplomats, lawyers and financial whizzes who've masterminded a fearsome new arsenal of economic weapons, exploiting America's dominance in global finance and technology, and harnessing the power of Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Big Oil against their enemies.

The sanctions against Russia might be the biggest coordinated act of economic warfare we’ve seen – but it won’t be the last. We are now witnessing an economic arms race among great powers and a fracturing
global economy. The scramble for economic security will affect international politics and business for decades to come. Utterly gripping and brimming with rare insight, Chokepoints is indispensable reading to understand the past, present and future of the new world order.