The World Crisis

by harvey-robert

Robert Harvey and Geoffrey Howe have brought together a collection of nineteen wise men of global politics 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 disastrous 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 legislation 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. Each discusses exactly what those issues are.

250 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2008

Reviews

[Vanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Útil. Muy curioso si es leído de forma retrospectiva como lo he hecho yo. Muestra un análisis de las relaciones internacionales y una serie de consejos para el desarrollo del mundo globalizado y pautas sobre cómo afrontar los nuevos desafíos como calentamiento global, política energética, amenaza nuclear, terrorismo o actualización de las instituciones internacionales para adaptarlas a la nueva orden mundial. La pena, al leerlo una década más tarde, es ver lo poco que hemos evolucionado en la buena dirección. De hecho y por desgracia, hemos involucionado y mucho. Solo con mencionar los 4 años de Trump, Bolsonaro en Brazil y la falta de un nuevo compromiso mundial sobre el calentamiento global después del Protocolo de Kyoto es suficiente para mostrar el penoso estado del mundo de hoy.

[Nick · Rating 1 out of 5]

So far this book has been very interesting. It is a collection of republicans, democrats, British politicians and more breaking down our countries current situation. A must read!