FORGING THE WORLD ORDER

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Behind every map is a story of conquest, war and occupation, the resolution of which was sealed by a treaty between the geopolitical powers in a position to shape the world for generations to come.
From the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the world between two nations in the 15th century, to the Maastricht Treaty that founded the European Union; from the Peace of Westphalia, the set of treaties resolving the fiercest religious war in Europe, to the SALT agreements limiting nuclear weapons in the Cold War - the Treaties have become pivotal documents drawn up by the deepest human intuition for civilisational survival at critical times in history when there was a clear desire to put an end to the kill or be killed logic behind wars at the height of their warlike escalation.
In IN THE FORGE OF WORLD ORDER - The Treaties that Created the Modern World we discover what was - and what tends to be - at stake in these treaties through a dynamic portrait of their historical context and their main players. Using historical documents and sites, archive images, design and interviews with leading political figures, historians and experts, we are transported into the atmosphere surrounding the decisions that forge new world orders in diplomatic negotiating rooms.