When someone like Moses Naim decides to write a novel about espionage fans of the genre immediately indulge in the plot in question. Because a chronicler of our times like Naím can write like himself Daniel Silva (to name one of the greats of this specialty) but with absolute knowledge of the facts.
It's one thing to fictionalize about international tensions, mafias, cold wars or other geopolitical concerns, which is fine. Another different thing is to dare to put black on white a fictionalized staging with hints of certainty. Because Moisés Naím's background in terms of knowledge of the international space provides for endless novels ...
But it is also that the landing in the fiction of Naím is preceded by a multitude of research books, articles and chronicles for the press around the world. Hence the curiosity aroused around "Two Spies in Caracas", a novel that points to that arrival in fiction to stay.
Top 3 recommended books by Moisés Naím
Two spies in Caracas
We are saturated with continuous political references of one or another bias towards Venezuela. Both intend to awaken currents of opinion in one sense or another. And it is that the economic interest in this area by antagonistic countries is undeniable. Resources, control, fears and misgivings ... Everything that comes out of the middle points to panic and conflict. From that place called Venezuela is Moisés Naím. And nobody better than him to novel unique aspects of the future of this country.
In a Venezuela convulsed by the Hugo Chávez revolution, Moisés Naím weaves a novel of espionage and love that is born from two decades of meticulous documentation work. Through the stories of Eva, a CIA spy, and Mauricio, an agent of the Cuban intelligence service, the reader is immersed in an addictive plot of thriller which is, at the same time, the chronicle of a reality that, at times, surpasses fiction.
Rethink the world
An exercise in consciousness beyond the capitalist maelstrom and its consumerist derivative. What was the chicken or the egg before, production until resources or artificial needs were exhausted? That the matter is getting out of hand is obvious, that economic inertia and its stock market gambling will give everything is obvious. It would be necessary to rethink everything.
For years Moisés Naím has held the position of Global Observer on the pages of numerous newspapers and has dealt with all the great crises and small transformations that are shaping the surprising world of the XNUMXst century: the rise and fall of China, the supervening limits of the powerful, the global economic recession and its faltering recovery, the problems facing an aging, divided and insecure Europe, the return of identities ...
This book collects his best columns of the last five years, written under four fundamental principles: surprise, connect, flip and inform. The result is an extraordinary journey through ninety-nine surprises that make us rethink the world we live in.
What is happening to us
Abandon yourself to a Malthusian thought or Orwellian It is the most comfortable position. Fatalism as the destiny of our civilization is what has always marked writers and thinkers capable of delving into futurisms that have always become dystopias from the sociological, climatic and even ideological perspectives. The point is also to provide some faith in our evolutionary capacity from learning to revolution, if necessary, through critical thinking and critical action.
A portrait of the world that does not renounce a more optimistic future from the perspective of one of today's most influential analysts. «Few people have the world in their heads. When something strange happens, in Venezuela, Ukraine, Korea, Germany or Brazil, I always say the same thing to myself: what does Moisés Naím think about this? He always gives an intelligent and original answer. Hector Abad Faciolince
Even in these turbulent times of political polarization and social tension, analyst Moisés Naím is able to observe the world with his usual insight. What is happening to us brings together many of the columns that he has published in the press (in Spain, with the newspaper El País) since 2016 with the aim of offering a serene and analytical look at the world's problems.
The scope is truly global: from the rise of Trump or Bolsonaro to the COVID-19 pandemic, passing through the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Furthermore, text by text, it unfolds a battery of keys necessary to build a future with greater prosperity, freedom and justice.
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The end of power
The arrival of the pandemic has disrupted everything. Or so it seems at least... However, perhaps it is a script change already pointed out by some. Beyond the undeniable impact of the disease, we cannot rule out that the current sludge arrived from the dust that is awakened in this book...
Power is changing hands: from large disciplined armies to chaotic bands of insurgents; from gigantic corporations to agile entrepreneurs; from presidential palaces to public squares. But it's also changing in itself: it's getting harder to exercise and easier to lose. The result, as the prestigious international analyst Moisés Naím affirms, is that today's leaders have less power than their predecessors, and that the potential for sudden and radical changes is greater than ever.
En The end of power Naím describes the struggle between the previously dominant large actors and the new micro-powers that now challenge them in all areas of human activity. The iconoclastic energy of micro-powers can topple dictators, break down monopolies, and open up incredible new opportunities, but it can also lead to chaos and paralysis.
