How to run the world : charting a course to the next Renaissance / Parag Khanna.

Author/creator Khanna, Parag
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House, ©2011.
Descriptionxi, 256 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Diplomacy.
World politics--21st century.
International relations.

Contents Pt. 1: The new world order--really. Mega-diplomacy ; The new diplomats ; The (fill-in-the-blank) consensus -- Pt. 2: Saving us from ourselves. Peace without war ; The new colonialism : better than the last ; Terrorists, pirates, nukes ; Getting rights right -- Pt. 3: A world of need. By any means necessary ; The case against poverty ; Your planet, your choice ; The next renaissance.
Abstract Here is a provocative guide to the future of international relations--a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, free markets versus state capitalism. Adventurer-scholar Parag Khanna's How to Run the World posits a chaotic modern era that resembles the Middle Ages, with Asian empires, Western militaries, Middle Eastern sheikhdoms, magnetic city-states, wealthy multinational corporations, elite clans, religious zealots, tribal hordes, and potent media seething in an ever more unpredictable and dangerous storm. But just as that initial "dark age" ended with the Renaissance, Khanna believes that our time can become a great and enlightened age as well--only, though, if we harness our technology and connectedness to forge new networks among governments, businesses, and civic interest groups to tackle the crises of today and avert those of tomorrow.--From publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-236) and index.
LCCN 2010017521
ISBN9781400068272 (alk. paper)
ISBN1400068274 (alk. paper)

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