L'Ora dei Predatori

The Hour of the Predators: The new world power from Trump to Putin

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They are unscrupulous politicians, they are titans of technology. Almost everywhere they have swept away the old political class. In front of them, traditional elites, once strong in rules and institutions, find themselves bewildered, unable to resist. There is no doubt, the hour of the predators has sounded.

From New York to the Middle East, from the UN palace to the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, Giuliano da Empoli takes us on a series of forays into territories where power is based on sensationalism, on the unscrupulous use of information, and on the ability to generate continuous shocks. The predators have understood how to exploit the new global order.

And chaos is their natural environment. Together with Christian Rocca, Director of Linkiesta, a stunning portrait of contemporary leaders, from Trump to Muhammad bin Salman, delivering us an analysis that leaves no escape.

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Giuliano da Empoli is an essayist and political advisor, living in Paris, where he teaches at Sciences Po. His latest book,  The Wizard of the Kremlin (Mondadori 2022, Cortina d'Ampezzo Prize), has been translated into over thirty languages.

Christian Rocca is the Director of Linkiesta. He has directed the magazine IL, has been a columnist for Sole24 Ore, editor-in-chief, correspondent, and reporter from the United States for Il Foglio. He has written seven essays on geopolitics and contemporary society. His latest books are Shut Down the Internet. A Modest Proposal (Marsilio, 2019) and We Are Ukraine (Linkiesta Books, 2023).