Understanding Our World. Shaping Our Future.
Alina Vey’s work examines the forces reshaping the modern world, from international conflict and geopolitical competition to technological transformation and civilizational change. Through historical analysis, strategic inquiry, and evidence-based research, her books seek to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the political, economic, and technological forces shaping the twenty-first century.
Her research spans geopolitics, international relations, defence and security, emerging technologies, and the changing international order. Vey’s work explores how power, institutions, and innovation interact to influence global stability, strategic competition, and the future of nations in an increasingly multipolar world.
Beyond geopolitics, her writing also examines the social, cultural, and psychological challenges of contemporary life. Her work explores questions of meaning, identity, belonging, technological change, and human flourishing, seeking to understand how individuals and societies navigate an age of rapid transformation, uncertainty, and unprecedented technological advancement.
Written for both specialist and general readers, Vey’s books combine intellectual accessibility with analytical rigour, encouraging critical thinking about the defining challenges of our time.
Global Partnerships and the Future of Technology
Technology is transforming the foundations of global society. From artificial intelligence and digital networks to biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and emerging forms of communication, technological change is reshaping economies, security, governance, and the way nations interact.
Global Partnerships and the Future of Technology explores how international cooperation will determine humanity’s ability to navigate this new technological era. As innovation accelerates, no nation can address the opportunities and risks of technological transformation alone. The future will depend on partnerships built around knowledge-sharing, responsible development, ethical frameworks, and a shared commitment to progress.
This book examines the evolving relationship between technology and global cooperation, exploring how nations, institutions, and societies can work together to harness innovation while addressing challenges such as inequality, cybersecurity, technological competition, and the changing nature of power.
In an age where technology is becoming one of the defining forces of the twenty-first century, collaboration will shape not only economic success and strategic influence, but the future direction of civilisation itself.
Global Partnerships and the Future of Technology offers a thoughtful exploration of how cooperation, innovation, and human responsibility can help build a more resilient and connected world.
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War, Intervention, and the Modern World
An examination of modern military intervention, sovereignty, conflict, and the changing nature of warfare in the twenty-first century. This book explores the strategic, political, and human consequences of intervention in an increasingly interconnected world.
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The Collapse of the Postwar World
A study of the weakening foundations of the international order established after the Second World War. The book investigates the growing pressures on global institutions, alliances, and the stability of the modern system.
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The Age of Fragmentation
An analysis of the political, economic, and social forces driving division within states and across the international system. The book explores how fragmentation is reshaping governance, identity, and global cooperation.
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The Crisis of the West
An exploration of the challenges facing Western societies, including questions of legitimacy, identity, governance, and cultural confidence. The book examines the search for renewal in an era of profound change.
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The Remaking of Civilisation
A study of the technological, economic, demographic, and geopolitical transformations shaping the future of human societies. The book considers how emerging trends may redefine civilization in the decades ahead.
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The New Great Game
An examination of strategic competition in the twenty-first century, focusing on power, technology, resources, and geopolitical rivalry. The book explores how states, corporations, and emerging technologies are reshaping the global balance of power.
Current Series
The Alina Vey Geopolitical Series explores war, international order, fragmentation, civilizational change, technological transformation, and the future of global power through evidence-based historical and geopolitical analysis.
Society, Culture & Human Meaning
Exploring the social, cultural, and psychological challenges of contemporary life, including meaning, identity, belonging, technology, and human flourishing.
The Meaning Crisis
Identity, Belonging, and Purpose in the Modern World
The Meaning Crisis explores the growing challenges of meaning, identity, belonging, loneliness, and technological change in contemporary society. Drawing on insights from psychology, philosophy, sociology, and history, the book examines how individuals and communities can rediscover purpose and resilience in an increasingly complex world.
The Future Human: Technology, Identity, and the Transformation of Society
In an age of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, social media, and digital connectivity, humanity stands at a pivotal moment in its history. Technological change is reshaping how we work, communicate, form relationships, and understand ourselves.
The Future Human explores the profound questions emerging from this transformation: What does it mean to be human in an increasingly technological world? How will artificial intelligence, automation, and human enhancement reshape society? Can technological progress coexist with human flourishing, meaning, and freedom?
Drawing upon history, philosophy, psychology, and contemporary technological developments, Alina Vey examines the opportunities and challenges of the digital age. From virtual relationships and surveillance to longevity, biotechnology, and the future of work, this book offers an evidence-based exploration of the forces shaping the next chapter of human civilisation.
At a time of rapid change and uncertainty, The Future Human invites readers to consider not only what humanity can become—but what it should become.
The Hollow Shield: Britain and the Crisis of Defence
In an era of renewed great power competition, technological disruption, and growing geopolitical uncertainty, questions surrounding national security have returned to the forefront of international affairs. As the strategic environment evolves, states must adapt to new challenges while preserving the institutions upon which their security depends.
The Hollow Shield examines the historical evolution of British defence policy and the challenges facing the United Kingdom in an increasingly complex world. From the legacy of the Cold War and the post-Cold War peace dividend to NATO, defence spending, procurement, and military readiness, the book explores how changing strategic realities are reshaping national security.
Drawing upon history, strategic studies, and contemporary security analysis, Alina Vey examines the rise of hybrid warfare, cyber threats, artificial intelligence, drones, and the changing character of conflict. The book also explores nuclear deterrence, the future of Trident, and Britain’s place within an increasingly multipolar international order.
At a time when assumptions about security are being tested once again,
The Hollow Shield invites readers to consider whether Britain’s defence institutions are prepared for the challenges of the twenty-first century—or whether the shield upon which national security rests is becoming increasingly hollow.
The Human Era: Progress, Responsibility, and Our Shared Future explores one of the defining questions of the twenty-first century: how can humanity navigate unprecedented technological, economic, and social change while preserving the values that bind us together?
Drawing on history, philosophy, science, politics, and culture, Alina Vey examines the opportunities and challenges shaping the modern world, from artificial intelligence and globalisation to environmental pressures, demographic change, and social fragmentation.
Thoughtful, balanced, and accessible, The Human Era argues that progress alone is not enough; the future will depend on our collective ability to exercise wisdom, responsibility, and a shared commitment to human dignity.
The Moral Compass: Finding Common Ground explores one of the defining questions of our age: how can people with different beliefs, backgrounds, and perspectives continue to live together in an increasingly divided world?
Drawing on history, philosophy, psychology, and human experience, Alina Vey examines the values that have helped societies flourish across cultures and generations. Thoughtful, balanced, and accessible, the book explores truth, responsibility, fairness, empathy, and trust, offering a compelling reflection on what still unites us and why shared principles remain essential to the future of humanity.