Highly US-centric in perspective – for example in how it describes the scandal of the US spying on a.o. Angela Merkel.
It is the oil, stupid
Thorough analysis of how geopolitics, economy and policy of Europe are highly dependent on fossil fuels from the Middle East.
Structural shifts in energy production and usage (especially shale oil and EVs) have fundamentally affected the global power balance
The ‘it is all about oil’ narrative of international politics over the last 20 years made explicit is a comprehensive yet digestible form.