Understanding International Politics

Understanding International Politics is not a narrative of events, nor a defense of any ideology. It is a disciplined guide to seeing how power actually works. At a time when global affairs are reduced to slogans, outrage, and surface commentary, this book returns to first principles. It examines the structures that shape international politics: power, ideology, geography, historical memory, and strategic interest, and shows how moral language often conceals political calculation. Moving from analytical method to ideology, from global power structures to regional fault lines, and finally to future scenarios, the book treats Western liberalism, Chinese statecraft, political Islam, nationalism, and civilizational identities as competing frameworks, not moral camps. Written with clarity, restraint, and intellectual humility, Understanding International Politics is for readers who want to understand global politics without propaganda, cynicism, or illusion. It does not tell the reader what to think. It shows how to think in a world where power rarely announces itself honestly.