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Sea Change

Rana Foroohar

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A sweeping account of how the Arctic became the next arena of global conflict as the great powers battle over trade routes, resources, and military dominance from Greenland to Siberia – by award-winning Financial Times journalist Rana Foroohar.

As polar ice melts and new sea routes open, the Arctic has become the most consequential – and least understood – geopolitical theatre in the world. In Sea Change, Rana Foroohar takes readers aboard America’s only Arctic icebreaker and inside the halls of power in Washington, Beijing, Moscow and allied capitals to reveal how climate change is reshaping global trade, national security and industrial policy.

Drawing on unprecedented access to Coast Guard missions, senior officials across multiple presidential administrations, labour leaders and international partners, Foroohar shows how being a strong sea power is vital to global influence, and who is lagging behind. She also explains how control of Arctic shipping lanes, shipbuilding capacity, underwater data cables and untapped natural resources will determine economic and military supremacy in the decades ahead. Both a gripping voyage and a clear‑eyed analysis of geopolitical power, Sea Change argues that the new global hierarchy may well be decided at the top of the world.

Hardback

ISBN: 9781800757127

Published: October 8, 2026

Ebook

ISBN: 9781800757134

Published: October 8, 2026

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Category:
Non-fiction

Reviews for Sea Change

‘This book proves it: Rana Foroohar has an uncanny ability to sense seismic shifts in economics and politics before the rest of us. Sea Change reveals as much about China’s vision of the future as it does about the Arctic, but it is also an escapist voyage on the human scale, a sheer pleasure to read’ – Evan Osnos, Staff Writer at The New Yorker, author of The Haves and Have-Yachts

‘A new world order is being shaped in the High North, as countries including my own, Canada, as well as the United States, China, Russia, and many European nations stake a claim to one of the richest and most contested parts of our planet: the Arctic. Foroohar’s book gives us a fascinating, firsthand glimpse at what this modern-day Great Game will look like–and why is matters to us all’ Chrystia Freeland, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, economic advisor to the President of Ukraine

‘The global economic order built by America in the post-WWII era is no longer fit for purpose. At a time when politics seem more polarized than ever before, Sea Change shows how we can build a new order in a way that is bipartisan and good for both U.S. workers and American allies. A must-read for people who care about a better future’ Jake Sullivan, former National Security Advisor of the United States

‘For centuries, maritime power has been a prerequisite for economic and political supremacy. Today, America’s historic strength at sea is in danger of being eclipsed by China’s. In Sea Change, Foroohar gives us a page-turning tale of why ships matter as much as chips in the global economy and why we must build again–at home and with allies abroad–to secure our future’ Admiral James Stavridis, retired Four-Star U. S. Naval Officer

Author

Rana Foroohar

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Rana Foroohar is the author of The Homecoming, one of Kirkus Reviews‘ ‘Best Books of the Year’ for 2023, Don’t Be Evil, which won a Porchlight Business Book Award, and Makers and Takers, shortlisted for the Financial Times McKinsey Book of the Year award in 2016. Currently the Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times and the global economic analyst for CNN, she previously served as the assistant managing editor and economic columnist at TIME and an economic and foreign affairs editor and foreign correspondent at Newsweek. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board of the Open Markets Institute.

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