The author's main idea is how to properly manage the state and not make mistakes leading to bloodshed. Why the book is worth reading First-hand reflection of the Thatcher era. Reflections on a perfect and far from perfect policy on the examples of the leaders of a number of world powers. The role of states in ensuring international security is the main theme of the book. Arguments for the establishment of democracy as a fundamental aspect of a prudent foreign policy. Substantiation of national priorities in the structure of the state system as a guarantee of a stable international order. Forecasts of the development of the world's largest countries, such as Russia, China and others, as well as troubled states in the Middle and Far East and unrecognized republics living in a state of frozen war.