Power in the Invisible Age explores how power in the 21st century has shifted from visible assets?territory, military force, and industry - to hidden systems that shape global interaction. Through a rigorous yet accessible analysis, the book reveals how digital infrastructures, financial networks, supply chains, and technological platforms now determine influence, dependency, and strategic advantage.
Blending theory with real-world case studies - from sanctions on Russia to semiconductor chokepoints - the author introduces key concepts such as systemic power, strategic sovereignty, and infrastructure intelligence. These frameworks provide a new lens for understanding geopolitics, economics, and national strategy in an interconnected world.
Essential reading for policymakers, business leaders, and strategic thinkers, this book offers not only a diagnosis of the emerging global order but also a roadmap for navigating it. It challenges readers to rethink power - not as what nations possess, but as how they position themselves within the invisible systems that govern the modern world.
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Artur Vitória is a Portuguese writer and involved in several associative activities
Education ? He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 1974 and is a graduate of the National Defence Institute in Lisbon, Portugal (1990). Dedicated to his academic career, in 1980 he became a researcher at the Foreign Relations Observatory of the Autonomous University of Lisbon.
Commends:
D. Afonso Henriques Medal - Army Merit 2nd Class with Commendation on 6th November 2015.
Medal of the Cross of Saint George on 18 June 2020.
honorary orders
Knight of the Order of Rio Branco on 7 December 2022.
Knight of the Order of Naval Merit on 11 June 2019.
Officer of the Order of Naval Merit on 11 June 2021.
Knight of the Order of Aeronautical Merit on 23 October 2016.
Officer of the Order of Aeronautical Merit on 23 October 2020.