As another dramatic year comes to a conclusion, we at Encyclopedia Geopolitica expect that 2022 will continue to provide challenges from the geopolitical perspective. The great powers will continue to challenge one another, populations will test their governments, and the pandemic will likely continue to put pressure on already-present geopolitical fault lines. In this annual piece – which supplements our regular geopolitical book reviews – we put forward our list of suggestions for those seeking to better understand the coming year’s geopolitical movements, including academic textbooks, historical studies and insights from some of the world’s greatest geopolitical minds.