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Every Nation for Itself : Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World

ISBN: 9781591844686 | 1591844681

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Pub. Date: 5/1/2012

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

Forget the G-7 and the G-20; we are entering a leaderless "G- Zero" era- with profound implications for every country and corporation. The world power structure is facing a vacuum at the top. With the unifying urgency of the financial crisis behind us, the diverse political and economic values of the G-20 are curtailing the world's most powerful governments' ability to mediate growing global challenges. There is no viable alternative group to take its place. The United States lacks the resources and the political will to continue as the primary... MORE provider of global public goods. China has no interest in accepting the burdens of international leadership. Europe is occupied with saving the eurozone, and Japan is tied down with its own problems. Emerging powers such as Brazil, India, and Russia are too focused on domestic development to welcome new responsibilities abroad. The result is a G-Zero world in which no single country or bloc has the political or economic leverage-or the desire-to drive a truly international agenda. Ian Bremmer explains how this will lead to extended and intensified conflict over vitally important issues, such as international economic coordination, financial regulatory reform, trade policy, and climate change. We are facing a time of profound uncertainty. Bremmer shows who will benefit, who will suffer, and why this increased state of conflict is both inevitable and unsustainable.

G-Zero � \JEE-ZEER-oh\ �nA world order in which no single country or durable alliance of countries can meet the challenges of global leadership. What happens when the G20 doesn�t work and the G7 is history.�If the worst threatened�a rogue nuclear state with a horrible surprise, a global health crisis, the collapse of financial institutions from New York to Shang�hai and Mumbai�where would the world look for leadership? The United States, with its paralyzed politics and battered balance sheet? A European Union reeling from self-inflicted wounds? China�s �people�s democracy�? Perhaps Brazil, Turkey, or India, the geopolitical Rookies of the Year? Or some grand coalition of survivors, the last nations stand�ing after half a decade of recession-induced turmoil?�How about none of the above?�For the first time in seven decades, there is no single power or alliance of powers ready to take on the challenges of global leadership. A generation ago, the United States, Europe, and Japan were the world�s powerhouses, the free-market democracies that propelled the global economy forward. Today, they struggle just to find their footing.�Acclaimed geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the world is facing a leadership vacuum. The diverse political and economic values of the G20 have produced global gridlock. Now that so many challenges transcend borders�from the stability of the global economy and climate change to cyber-attacks, terrorism, and the security of food and water�the need for international cooperation has never been greater. A lack of global leadership will provoke uncertainty, volatility, competition, and, in some cases, open conflict. Bremmer explains the risk that the world will become a series of gated commu�nities as power is regionalized instead of globalized. In the generation to come, negotiations on economic and trade issues are likely to be just as fraught as recent debates over nuclear nonproliferation and climate change.�Disaster, thankfully, is never assured, and Brem�mer details where the levers of power can still be found and how to exercise them for the common good. That�s important, because the one certainty of weakened nations and enfeebled institutions is that someone will try to take advantage of them.�Every Nation for Itself offers essential insights for anyone attempting to navigate the new global play�ing field.

Introduction	p. 1
What is the G-Zero?	p. 7
The Road to the G-Zero	p. 37
The G-Zero Impact	p. 67
Winners and Losers	p. 109
What Comes Next?	p. 151
G-Zero America	p. 185
Acknowledgments	p. 197
Notes	p. 201
Index	p. 219
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Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group, the world's leading global political risk research and consulting firm. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and Foreign Affairs. His six books include the international bestseller The End of the Free Market and The J Curve. He lives in New York City and Washington, D.C. Visit. eurasiagroup.net.

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