Re-Ordering the World: The long-term implications of September 11th - Softcover

Barak, Ehud; Etc.

 
9781903558102: Re-Ordering the World: The long-term implications of September 11th

Synopsis

Everybody agrees that 11 September has changed the world, but nobody is quite sure how. This collection argues that how history judges its impact will depend on the political choices and strategies employed over the next decade. Will it be an age of fear, or an age of world community?

These essays by leading thinkers and statesmen from across the globe discuss the inevitable tension between the use of military power in the search for global security and the establishment of a rule-based world order; between the short-term realpolitik of building coalitions against terror and the values on which the long-term legitimacy of this agenda will depend.

The different authors examine how we need to rethink our strategies to relflect the changes in power, security, identity and governance in the world. Their different prescriptions map out the contours of a world community that is within our grasp.

Ehud Barak, Ulrich Beck, Tony Blair, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Malcolm Chalmers, Robert Cooper, Fred Halliday, David Held, Mary Kaldor, Mark Leonard, Kanan Makiya, Joseph Nye, Amartya Sen, Jack Straw, Fareed Zakaria.

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From the Publisher

The Foreign Policy Centre is an independent think-tank launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair (Patron) and former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook (President) to examine the impact of globalisation on foreign and domestic policy. The Centre has developed a distinctive research agenda that explores the strategic solutions needed to tackle issues which cut across borders - focusing on the legitimacy as well as the effectiveness of policy.

About the Author

Mark Leonard, editor of this publication, is Director of the Foreign Policy Centre. He has established an international reputation as a thinker and writer on British identity, European integration and the legitimacy of international institutions. He has acted as a consultant on identity for foreign governments and private companies, and previously worked as senior researcher at the think-tank Demos and as a journalist at The Economist.

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