THE GLASS CONTINENT
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Instant digital deliveryAutopsy of the European Union: Hybrid Threats, White-Collar Cleptocracy, and the Biometric Shield
The Glass Continent is a geopolitical, criminological, and forensic analysis that examines, with a critical and strategic perspective, the structural fragility of the European Union in the face of the hybrid threats of the 21st century. José A. Landa presents an institutional autopsy of the continent, addressing issues such as the border crisis, criminal infiltration, political corruption, transnational drug trafficking, foreign espionage, the vulnerability of critical infrastructures, and the operational weakening of traditional state control mechanisms.
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Far from being merely a political reflection, the book offers an interpretation grounded in forensic intelligence and psychophysiology applied to security. The work argues that Europe has placed excessive trust in documentary audits, ethical codes, bureaucratic procedures, and formal declarations, while its adversaries—organized crime groups, hostile intelligence services, corruption networks, and hybrid actors—operate through infiltration, blackmail, opaque financing, and the systematic exploitation of legal loopholes.
Through an exploration of scenarios across Scandinavia, Germany, France, the Benelux region, the Mediterranean, Brussels, major European ports, and intelligence structures, the author develops a compelling thesis: European sovereignty cannot be sustained solely through administrative trust, but requires scientific mechanisms for verification, integrity control, and preventive human-risk assessment.
The book’s distinctive contribution lies in introducing the concept of a continental “biometric shield,” based on forensic psychophysiology standards, high-security vetting procedures, and integrity auditing for critical positions. The Glass Continent is ultimately a provocative and technically grounded treatise on security, sovereignty, counterintelligence, and institutional resilience. It is an essential work for intelligence professionals, security practitioners, criminologists, defense specialists, political analysts, and risk management experts seeking to understand Europe’s hidden vulnerabilities before they evolve into irreversible fractures.
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