World Crisis: The Way Forward After Iraq - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1602393435 ISBN 13 : 9781602393431

Editeur : Skyhorse Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

With no end to the War on Terror in sight, how do we plan for the future? Many recent books address facets of the world crisis of today--international relations, energy, poverty, and, of course, the Iraq War and Middle Eastern reconstruction--but they do not engage with the entire post-Iraq situation faced by the West, nor do they give suggestions for moving forward. The World Crisis, with essays by statesmen and thinkers from Jimmy Carter to Henry Kissinger, is a broad treatment of a massive set of problems. Nineteen wise men of immense experience in global politics (Nunn and Lugar, Freeman and Brzezinski, Heseltine and Carlucci, and more) tell us what to do next after the debacles of Western intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have tested our faith in government. The essays in this book address the war, nuclear non-proliferation, Western dependence on Middle Eastern oil, global warming and the environment, humanitarian crises, inequality of wealth, Israel and Palestine, and emergent powers. The World Crisis is non-partisan; what unites these writers is that their eyes are open. In an election year, when the crucial issue dividing (or is it uniting?) the electorate is Iraq, clear vision is more important than ever.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Robert Harvey and Geoffrey Howe have brought together a collection of nineteen wise men of global politics, including Jimmy Carter, Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine, Zbigniew Brezezinski, Simon Jenkins and Henry Kissinger who are united in their dismay at the direction that international relations has taken since 2001. They offer recommendations of how to unravel the mess that Western governments find themselves them in after their disasterous interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. They suggest that the War on Terror has been misguided, poorly executed and that the threat has been over-emphasised, which has been used to introduce legistlation that has to a severe erosion of our civil liberties. For the future they suggest we should focus on the really important issues that face the world today: Nuclear proliferation and how to manage it as well as preventing the fall of nuclear weapons in to the hands of terrorists. As well as encouraging both Russia and the USA to reduce drastically their stockpiles of weapons. Averting humanitarian catastrophes with the promotion of freedom and democracy without the use of force. The USA and EC should reconcile itself to the emergence of major new powers around the world such as Russia, China, India, Japan, Brazil, Mexico and at some point South Africa and Nigeria. Israel and Palestine: both the US and the EC need to work harder to find a lasting solution to this conflict. Russia needs to be drawn into the western economic and political community. The security of energy supplies and a fair pricing policy. Global warming should be treated as a global priority, with solutions undertaken on an effective worldwide basis. The huge inequalities in wealth that exist both within and between states. The reform and improvement of the UN and NATO that reflects the new economic growth area of Asia and allows for a more consensual and effective international security structure.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Harvey is a former member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, was assistant editor of The Economist, and foreign affairs leader writer for the Daily Telegraph. His books include, War of Wars, Global Disorder and Cochrane. He lives in Powys, Wales.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Skyhorse Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1602393435
• ISBN 13: 9781602393431
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible