World Crisis: The Way Forward After Iraq

by Geoffrey Howe (editor)

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.

272 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2008

About the author

Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC, previously known as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister.

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!