(Essential to understanding the geopolitical backstory history that is unfolding before our eyes today with the tenuous situation in Afghanistan with the Taliban and their evolving relationship with the regional hegemon Peoples Republic of China) Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Alfred W. McCoy Two related books by Alfred McCoy: In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of US Global Power, and To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change. At the turn of the last century, the director of the London School of Economics, Sir Halford Mackinder, redrew and reconceptualized the world map to show Africa, Asia, … Continue reading →