January 13 – March 16, 2024, meeting every other Saturday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CT). 

In The End of the World is Just the Beginning, author and geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan maps out the next world: a world where countries or regions will have no choice but to make their own goods, grow their own food, secure their own energy, fight their own battles, and do it all with populations that are both shrinking and aging. The list of countries that make it all work is smaller than you think. Which means everything about our interconnected world – from how we manufacture products, to how we grow food, to how we keep the lights on, to how we shuttle stuff about, to how we pay for it all – is about to change.

In customary Zeihan fashion, rather than yelling fire in the geoeconomic theatre, he narrates the accumulation of matchsticks, gasoline, and dynamite in the hands of the oblivious audience, suggesting we might want to call the fire department. A world ending. A world beginning. Zeihan brings readers along for an illuminating (and a bit terrifying) ride packed with foresight, wit, and his trademark irreverence.

Join us for a 6-session book discussion series, meeting virtually by Zoom every other Saturday from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (CT). The winter discussion book is The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan.