Bill Emmott Knihy

"The attacks on September 11, 2001, shook the rich West out of its complacency: suddenly, peace seemed to be in peril. Already it had become clear that prosperity was endangered. Campaigns were being mounted against the purported evils of capitalist globalization - inequality, pollution, and financial instability - and America's high-tech stock market boom had turned rapidly to bust. How had it all happened? During the decade following the end of the cold war, prospects had looked so rosy: peace prevailed among the world's great powers, billions of people were joining the world market economy, and great waves of technological change were driving economies forward."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Explores the origins of Italy's economic crisis, which is characterized by slow economic growth, large public debts, and the mass emigration of young people, and discusses how the situation can be improved.

Drawing on the characteristic developments of the last century, Bill Emmott sketches out the challenges that face the world in the next. There are few people who combine a truly global distribution of interests and insights with Bill Emmott's profile and experience. This book should be of interest to the managerial and investing classes, and everyone who seeks to appreciate more clearly the key assumptions on which public and commercial policy will be based in the first decade of the 21st century.

The book examines the diplomatic and deterrence strategies employed by nations in the Indo-Pacific and beyond to mitigate the risk of conflict between the US and China. Emmott emphasizes the need for all parties to perceive a potential US-China confrontation as "inevitably catastrophic and therefore inconceivable," highlighting the importance of strategic dialogue and cooperation to maintain regional stability.

Die streitbare Vision einer Weltordnung des 21. Jahrhunderts aus der Feder des Chefredakteurs des „Economist“. Bill Emmott benennt die drängendsten weltpolitischen Fragen unserer Zeit: Wird die USA unangefochtene Hegemonialmacht sein? Wird Europa je mit einer Stimme sprechen? Welche Rolle strebt Russland innerhalb der EU an?