Bruno Maçães: History Has Begun (Bristol Festival of Ideas)

Bruno Maçães is one of the world’s leading commentators with recent books covering the rise of Eurasia and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. His new book, History Has Begun: The Birth of a New America, offers a compelling and unnerving vision of America’s future.

Popular consensus says that the US rose over two centuries to Cold War victory and world domination, and is now in slow decline. But is this right? History’s great civilisations have always maintained their supremacy for a much longer period of time, and for all its colossal power, the US was overshadowed by Europe until recently. What if this isn’t the end but only the beginning?

In this event, Maçães takes us from the early American Republic to the turbulent present, when, he argues, the US is finally forging its own path. We can see the birth pangs of this new civilisation in today’s debates on guns, religion, foreign policy and the significance of Trump. What will this new America look like and what will its values be? And what will this mean for the rest of the west and the world? In conversation with Festival of Ideas director Andrew Kelly.

Festival of Ideas is presented by Bristol Ideas. Find out more here: https://www.bristolideas.co.uk/

Thanks to Hurst Publishers for supporting this event.

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