New Silk Roads

'Skillfully mapping a new world order' Evening Standard
'Francoban is a fascinating guide to uncharted territory' The Times

The New Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan's follow-up to The Book of Contract, The Silk Roads - takes a fresh look at the web of relationships forming along the length and breadth of the Silk Roads today.

The world is changing dramatically, and in the era of Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation that permeate the Western world contrast sharply with events along the Silk Roads, where ties have been strengthened and mutual cooperation established.

By following the Silk Roads east from Europe to China, via Russia and the Middle East, The New Silk Roads offers a timely reminder that we live in a deeply interconnected world. In this insightful contemporary history, Peter Frankopan assesses the global ramifications of these ongoing shifts in the center of power—often absent from headlines in the West. This important—and ultimately hopeful—book asks us to reread who we are and where we are in the world, highlighting themes on which the lives and livelihoods of all of us depend. A major reassessment of global history, The Silk Roads has sold more than a million copies worldwide.