Labirent - Batı ve Hasımları

It is not too late. We have the means to get out of this “labyrinth”. If only we first accept that we have lost our way…

In 2022, a devastating war erupted in the heart of Europe, triggering the traumas of the past. Nuclear disaster scenarios are just a stone's throw away from becoming reality. An iron hand has brought the West face to face with Russia and China.

Our age, dominated by arrogant and selfish rulers and obsolete ideologies that belittle reason and foster inequality, is rapidly drifting towards the abyss. Today, neither the West nor its enemies are capable of freeing humanity from this labyrinth it is trapped in. The light emitted by both the West and the East is no longer sufficient to illuminate the world, but there is no room for despair.

In Labyrinth, Amin Maalouf recounts the ancient roots of new conflicts and challenges between the West and its adversaries through the history of four great nations: Japan, which gained great momentum for modernization during the Meiji period and became the rising power of Asia; Russia, which has long been a threat to Western nations; China, which has declared its economic superiority in the 21st century; and the United States, which is still considered the planet's cultural, technical and economic superpower.

The labyrinth is a compass for humanity that has lost its direction and path...