Not everyone's cup of tea, but if economics/geopolitical history is an interest one may consider:
"Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present"
by Fareed Zakaria, 2024

In the first half he focuses on 3 past revolutions:
The revolution of liberalism in The Netherlands which eventually was exported to England, and it became theirs.
The French Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution, first in England, then it's second phase in the USA.

The second half is devoted to 20th century on, with most focusing on recent times which he defines as a revolutionary period.
This revolution is the 250 year old divide of Left vs Right changing to what Tony Blair referred to as "open versus closed".
" Those who celebrate markets, trade, immigration, diversity,...are on one side while those who view all these forces with some suspicion and want to close, slow, or shut them down are on the other."
That quote from the introduction sums up the narrative.

Since I personally am a proponent of globalization, international law/institutions, and the rules-based order I found myself usually in agreement with Zakaria's main themes. Only some occasional differences on specifics.
Those who favor a more closed world order, or world of autarkic countries, will probably not enjoy it as much.

Since the book covers a lot of ground it obviously is focused on concepts. (example he covers the economic phenomena of the Great Divergence in a page or two. I have a socio/economics book whose entirety is for just that specific event)
It isn't nitty-gritty detail, so it makes for a quick read. More enjoyable than a textbook because it focuses on ideas rather than graphs and statistics.