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In the face of anxiety and confusion over the direction of a rapidly changing world, this text provides context, clarity, and outlines future scenarios.

The world is plunging into a new, turbulent era marked by power struggles between global forces and social classes. Accumulated resentments and shifting power dynamics fuel the challenge posed by authoritarian regimes like Russia and China to Western hegemony. Meanwhile, in democracies, the discontent of the most disadvantaged classes empowers populist movements. The Age of Revenge is a portrait of the genesis, interaction, and evolution of these forces, all converging into a dangerous whirlpool.

Andrea Rizzi is the Global Affairs correspondent for EL PAÍS. His work covers major geopolitical developments, with approaches that aim to encompass the political, economic, technological, and security factors driving them. He reports through multiple journalistic formats, including in-depth stories, analysis, interviews, feature reports, videos, and coverage of major events such as G-20, G-7, and NATO summits, as well as meetings like the Davos Forum and the Munich Security Conference.

For the past five years, he has published a weekly opinion column focused on European affairs and is a member of the newspaper’s editorial board. He is also the author of Apuntes de Geopolítica, a newsletter for EL PAÍS subscribers. Previously, he served as International Editor and Deputy Editor in charge of the Opinion section at EL PAÍS. Before joining the newspaper in 2005, he earned a law degree from La Sapienza University in Rome and master’s degrees in European Law (Institut d’Etudes Européennes – ULB) and Journalism (Autonomous University of Madrid) – EL PAÍS. He is also an occasional professor at IE University.

Andrea Rizzi