Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century - Softcover

Leonard, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586484249 ISBN 13: 9781586484248

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2006

Synopsis

Those who believe Europe is weak, ineffectual and sclerotic are wrong. Europe might look frail and feeble against American military might, but that expression of power is shallow and narrow. Or so says Mark Leonard, one of Europe's brightest new policy thinkers, in a book sure to stir and provoke his American contemporaries. America's centralized, militarized supremacy, he argues, has become so overwhelming that it has defeated everything, including itself. It's capable of imposing itself anywhere , but when its back is turned its potency wanes. Europe's reach, by contrast, is broad and deep, spreading a value system from Albania to Zambia. It draws other countries into its orbit rather than seeking to define itself against them, and as they come under the influence of its laws and customs they are changed forever. Europe, quietly, has rediscovered within its foundations a revolutionary model for the future and an alternative to American hard power. With little fanfare, Europe has pooled the resources and the sovereignty of its nations into a radical new interface - and a power that is discreetly but insistently shaping the path forward. The revolution they have unleashed, Leonard argues, will transform the world. Whether you are a neocon or a transatlantic traditionalist, a businessmen or financier, his argument is one you cannot afford to ignore.

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Review:

‘Mark Leonard deserves to be listened to.’ Independent

'Mark Leonard has done that rare thing; he has reshaped how we look at the world ... This is a refreshing, compelling and above all optimistic book that moves the European debate onto wholly new ground. British Eurosceptics beware.'
Will Hutton, author of ‘The State We're In’

‘Mark Leonard’s views are always adventurous and stimulating – and “Why Europe will run the 21st Century” sustains those attributes. It also confirms that, in useful contrast to the unilateralist ‘New American Century’ doctrine of US Republicans, Europe’s contribution to the era will be multilateralist. In the age of increased globalisation and intensified interdependence, that has the strength of common sense.’ Neil Kinnock

Synopsis:

In a radical challenge to our understanding of the nature of global influence, Mark Leonard, one of Europes brightest new policy thinkers, shows us that America is stuck in a mindset that allowed us to dominate the twentieth century but which many not prove effective now. Americas centralized, militarized supremacy has become so overwhelming that it has defeated everything, including itself. Europes reach, by contrast, is broad and deep. It draws other countries into its orbit rather than seeking to define itself against them. A new type of power has emerged, and it is something we cannot afford to ignore.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1586484249
• ISBN 13: 9781586484248
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192