The Eurasian Century : Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World Hal Brands (W. W. Norton & Company, 320 pp., $29.99, Jan. 14)

As the new year approaches, we can’t wait to get our hands on the books that are sure to shape international affairs in 2025. Here are 30 upcoming nonfiction titles on Foreign Policy’s radar, from expansive histories of the global order to reportage that promises insight into Xi Jinping’s China.

As the new year approaches, we can’t wait to get our hands on the books that are sure to shape international affairs in 2025. Here are 30 upcoming nonfiction titles on Foreign Policy’s radar, from expansive histories of the global order to reportage that promises insight into Xi Jinping’s China.

January

The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World

Hal Brands (W. W. Norton & Company, 320 pp., $29.99, Jan. 14)

Although many in the West think we’re living in the American century, political scientist Hal Brands argues that, in reality, the world is in the middle of a long Eurasian century. In this ambitious book, Brands, who has long written for FP on China and the global order, looks to Eurasia’s strategic geography to explain the nature of great-power politics today.

Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn’t, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies

Michael Albertus (Basic Books, 272 pp., $30, Jan. 14)

In this wide-ranging book, political scientist Michael Albertus examines how land ownership has defined modern history, from 1500s European colonialism to 20th-century collectivization in the Soviet Union and China. What we do with the land, Albertus argues, dictates our societies in more ways than we realize—and could hold the key to present-day change.

House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company

Eva Dou (Portfolio, 448 pp., $34, Jan. 14)

How did Huawei, once a little-known telecom company, become one of the world’s most successful technology empires? This is the question Eva Dou, a Washington Post technology reporter, explores in House of Huawei, which aims to peel back the curtai