EUROPE AFTER the DREAM: Identity, Immigration and Fracturing of West

The European dream is fracturing - and the world will feel the shockwaves.For seventy years, Europe stood as the crowning achievement of the post-war order: a continent reconciled, borders opened, and ancient enemies bound together in a union of unprecedented ambition. Today, that dream is crumbling beneath the weight of mass migration, resurgent nationalism, economic stagnation, and the return of great-power rivalry to its eastern frontier.In Europe After the Dream, geopolitical analyst Nicholas Holt delivers the definitive portrait of a continent at a crossroads. Drawing on deep historical research, exclusive interviews, and hard data from Brussels to Budapest, Holt traces how Europe went from post-war miracle to existential doubt - and what happens next.Inside, you will discover: - Why the migration crisis of 2015 was not an anomaly but the new normal - and how it is permanently reshaping European politics- The true forces behind the rise of populist parties from Warsaw to Rome - and why mainstream parties have failed to answer them- How Russia's energy weaponisation and China's economic penetration are exploiting Europe's every fault line- Whether the euro can survive the next recession - and what its collapse would mean for the global economy- The strategic choices facing Europe: deeper integration, managed fragmentation, or slow irrelevanceWritten with the analytical rigour of an investor and the narrative power of a journalist, Europe After the Dream is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the continent that built the modern world - and is now struggling to define its place in it.Praise for Nicholas Holt: The map of the world you're actually living in, not the one you were taught.