Chokepoints: How Economic Warfare is Changing the World - FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD*

*THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

*AN ECONOMIST and FINANCIAL TIMES ‘BEST BOOK OF 2025’*

*‘Chokepoints is a masterful narrative of US economic warfare in the 21st century.’ Financial Times*

‘A timely, riveting world tour … absorbing’ The Economist

‘Compelling and dramatic’ Wall Street Journal

’A gripping, firsthand account. Unparalleled.’ Chris Miller, author of Chip War

*If you want to understand what’s happening to the world economy, start right here.*

It used to take blockades and sieges to ravage a rival’s economy. Now, a single statement posted online by the US government can bring a nation to its knees.

Chokepoints is a gripping behind-the-scenes account of one of the most pivotal geopolitical shifts of our time. Drawing on extensive research, personal experience and interviews with key players, Edward Fishman, a former top US State Department official, takes us deep into the back rooms of power around the world. He reveals how sanctions, tariffs and control over modern-day chokepoints – such as the US dollar, advanced microchip technology and critical energy supply chains – have become the primary weapons of twenty-first-century geopolitics.

*This is the epic story of how America turned economics into a weapon – and how China, Europe and Britain are now doing the same. Urgent and brimming with rare insight, Chokepoints is the definitive guide to the Age of Economic Warfare.*