By 1990, the first Cold War was ending. The Berlin Wall had fallen
and the Warsaw Pact was crumbling; following Russia’s lead, cries
for democracy were being embraced by a young Chinese populace. The
post–Cold War years were a time of immense hope and possibility.
They heralded an opportunity for creative cooperation among
nations, an end to ideological strife, perhaps even the beginning
of a stable international order of liberal peace. But the days of
optimism are over. As renowned international relations expert
Michael Doyle makes hauntingly clear, we now face the devastating
specter of a new Cold War, this time orbiting the trilateral axes
of Russia, the United States, and China, and exacerbated by new
weapons of cyber warfare and more insidious forms of propaganda.
Such a conflict at this phase in our global history would have
catastrophic repercussions, Doyle argues, stymieing global
collaboration efforts that are key to reversing climate change,
preventing the next pandemic, and securing nuclear
nonproliferation. The recent, devastating invasion of Ukraine is
both an example and an augur of the costs that lay in wait.
However, there is hope. Putin is not Stalin, Xi is not Mao, and no
autocrat is a modern Hitler. There is also an unprecedented level
of shared global interest in prosperity and protecting the planet
from environmental disaster. While it is unlikely that the United
States, Russia, and China will ever establish a “warm peace,”
there are significant, reasonable compromises between nations that
can lead to a détente. While the future remains very much in
doubt, the elegant set of accords and non-subversion pacts Doyle
proposes in this book may very well save the world.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
March 2024 |
| Authors: |
Michael W. Doyle
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
336 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-324-09453-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-324-09453-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781324094531 |
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