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João Vale de Almeida’s The Divorce of Nations is a gripping insider’s account of a world pulling apart. Drawing on decades as an EU ambassador in Washington, London, and at the United Nations, he unpacks the forces behind Brexit, rising nationalism, and the unraveling of international cooperation. With vivid diplomatic anecdotes and sharp analysis, Vale de Almeida shows how financial crises, great-power rivalries, and populist politics are fracturing the global order. 

Part memoir, part urgent warning, the book argues that nations are “sleepwalking” into isolation and calls for a new commitment to dialogue and shared responsibility. Timely and clear-eyed, The Divorce of Nations offers both a diplomat’s perspective and a roadmap for rebuilding trust between countries.