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The Shape of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century
The Shape Of The World To Come 8211
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hardcover. Offering a framework for thought and action, this book suggests how we should approach our 'multipolar' world - a world that is anything but the balanced and harmonious system many saw as a counterpart to 'American Empire'. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Contrary to an optimistic vision of a world "flattened" by the virtues of globalization, the sustainability and positive outcomes of economic and political homogenization are far from guaranteed. For better and for worse, globalization has become the most powerful force shaping the world's geopolitical landscape, whether it has meant integration or fragmentation, peace or war. The future partly depends on how new economic giants such as China, India, and others make use of their power. It also depends on how well Western democracies can preserve their tenuous hold on leadership, cohesion, and the pursuit of the common good. Offering ... Read more
Contrary to an optimistic vision of a world "flattened" by the virtues of globalization, the sustainability and positive outcomes of economic and political homogenization are far from guaranteed. For better and for worse, globalization has become the most powerful force shaping the world's geopolitical landscape, whether it has meant integration or fragmentation, peace or war. The future partly depends on how new economic giants such as China, India, and others make use of their power. It also depends on how well Western democracies can preserve their tenuous hold on leadership, cohesion, and the pursuit of the common good. Offering ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231146005
SKU
V9780231146005
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About The Shape Of The World To Come 8211
Laurent Cohen-Tanugi (LLM, Harvard) is founder and managing partner of Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Avocats and Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford University. He is the author of Beyond Lisbon: A European Strategy for Globalisation (Peter Lang, 2008), The Shape of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century (Columbia, 2008), and An Alliance At Risk, The United States ... Read more
Reviews for The Shape of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century
[A] sweeping survey of global geopolitics... [and] a competent primer for a seminar on contemporary international relations. Publishers Weekly