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Headlines promise the end of dollar dominance; daily transactions tell a different story. Between those extremes lies the real contest, fought in the hidden plumbing of global payment systems, swap agreements, sanctions rules, and CBDC experiments that few outside specialist circles ever see. This book opens up that machinery for serious readers who want to understand de-dollarisation without hype. It shows how reserve currency shift actually happens, corridor by corridor, as central banks sign swap lines, build regional clearing hubs, and redesign cross-border rails. Along the way, it explains swap lines in plain language, walks through cross-border CBDC payments, and maps how sanctions and finance interact when states weaponise or defend their monetary infrastructure. Readers who care about alternative reserve assets, commodity-backed trade settlement, and emerging market currencies will find a grounded guide rather than a set of slogans. Clear examples turn abstract jargon into concrete flows of money, risk, and trust. By the end, you will read every headline about the geopolitics of money with sharper filters, a better sense of what matters, and a practical mental model for how currency corridors really evolve.

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Priya Nadkar-Jain writes about the intersection of money, technology, and state power, with a particular focus on how cross-border payment systems quietly shape geopolitics. She has spent many years following central bank speeches, policy debates, and market developments, translating technical language into clear narratives for non-specialist readers. Drawing on a background that bridges emerging markets and established financial centres, she is especially interested in how smaller economies navigate the choices made in Washington, Brussels, and Beijing. A long-standing fascination with the history of trade routes and empires informs her work on today's currency corridors. She sees the new experiments in swap lines, CBDCs, and regional payment systems as the latest chapter in an older story: how societies decide whom to trust with their savings, and at what cost to their autonomy.

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