{"product_id":"behind-the-curtain-the-real-forces-shaping-our-world-9798242385436","title":"Behind the Curtain: The Real Forces Shaping Our World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yaslam Ibrahim Altayeb\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: International Relations - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Curtain: The Real Forces Shaping Our World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePower does not rule from the spotlight.\u003cbr\u003eIt rules from behind the curtain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the world, elections are held, debates are televised, and leaders change-yet the outcomes remain the same. Wars repeat themselves. Inequality deepens. Sanctions devastate civilians. Media outrage rises and fades, while real power remains untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the hidden systems and institutional forces that quietly shape politics, wars, economies, and public opinion-far from public scrutiny and beyond democratic accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003cb\u003enot a conspiracy book\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a clear-eyed examination of how modern power actually works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in direct, accessible language, the book walks the reader through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe illusion of democratic choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe role of political and media gatekeepers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow dissent is filtered rather than silenced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy some lives matter globally while others are treated as disposable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow sanctions and humanitarian language punish civilians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy wars are prolonged instead of resolved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on political analysis, historical patterns, and lived experience, the author connects abstract global policies to real human consequences. As a survivor of captivity during the Sudan war, Yaslam Ibrahim Altayeb does not write from theory alone. Personal experience is used not for sympathy, but as evidence of how global systems translate into suffering on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBehind the Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e does not offer comforting answers or easy solutions. It offers clarity-about the structures shaping our world, the limits of participation, and the difference between visibility and real power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce you see the system, you cannot unsee it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for readers who sense that something fundamental is wrong-but want understanding rather than slogans, outrage, or illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47778983968919,"sku":"9798242385436","price":1480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798242385436.webp?v=1778032562","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/behind-the-curtain-the-real-forces-shaping-our-world-9798242385436","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}