A World Recast: An American Moment in a Post-Western Order - Couverture rigide

Serfaty Emeritus Old Dominion University, Simon

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ISBN 10 : 1442215879 ISBN 13 : 9781442215870

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012

Synopsis

The end of the unipolar moment completes the passing of a Western era that was prolonged for half a century when the United States took over for a defeated and exhausted group of European states after World War II. Distinguished scholar Simon Serfaty vigorously argues that while it is possible, and even desirable, to acknowledge the passing of the Western era, it is exaggerated to present it as an irreversible decline of the West relative to an irresistible rise of the Rest. Rather, he shows that the unfolding post-Western moment will be messy. In addition to the United States and the states of Europe as a Union, the new cast of significant powers will involve a dozen or more countries: emerging powers like China and India, postimperial powers such as Japan and Russia, new influentials like Brazil and Turkey, pivot states like Egypt and Pakistan, nuisance states like Iran, failed or failing states like North Korea and Sudan, and others. Echoes of a Sarajevo moment played out this time in the greater Middle East, the new global Balkans for the twenty-first century. But Serfaty convincingly contends that even during a zero-polar moment of geopolitical transition, American power remains superior, and thus indispensable though no longer decisive; Western power stands on top and thus is inescapable though no longer exclusive; and even as the Rest gains broadly in stature and reach it is unlikely to achieve preponderance any time soon. This powerful and provocative book should be read by all who share a deep concern for the future of America―and a recast world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Simon Serfaty is professor of U.S. foreign policy at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He also serves as senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and is the Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair (emeritus) in Global Security and Geopolitics at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. His many books include, most recently, Vital Partnership and Architects of Delusion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442215879
• ISBN 13: 9781442215870
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 188
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