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How To Run The World: Charting A Course to the Next Renaissance by Parag Khanna
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Edition
- First Edition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781400068272
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400068274
ISBN-13
9781400068272
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102914837
Product Key Features
Book Title
How to Run the World : Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
World / General, International Relations / General, General, International Relations / Diplomacy
Genre
Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-017521
Reviews
Praise for Parag Khanna'sThe Second World "A fascinating, colorful, and always intelligent tour through a new world."-Fareed Zakaria "A savvy, streetwise primer on dozens of individual countries that adds up to a coherent theory of global politics."-Robert D. Kaplan "Confident in his predictions and bold in his recommendations . . . Khanna's book is written with ambition, scope, and verve that sets it apart from the usual foreign policy tome."-Andrei Cherny,The New York Sun "A panoramic overview that boldly addresses the dilemmas of the world that our next president will confront."-Zbigniew Brzezinski "Khanna is something of a foreign policy whiz kid."-Raymond Bonner,The New York Times Book Review "[A] sweeping, often audacious survey of contemporary geopolitics . . . moves at lightning speed."-William Grimes,The New York Times, Praise for Parag Khanna’s How to Run the World “"The world has money, talent, technology, food, fuel, entrepreneurs, and do-gooders in spades, but we lack solidarity to bring it all together. Parag Khanna’s How to Run the World tackles our spiraling complexity head-on yet paints a hopeful picture of how our scary, turbulent, and unpredictable new Middle Ages can be turned into another Renaissance if we harness the power of today’s governments, multinational firms, NGOs, philanthropists, celebrities, entrepreneurs, innovators, and communities of the faithful to create new models of good governance. It is their solidarity that will secure our future. This book is a fresh, bold, provocative-and, most important, realistic-guide to getting us there." --Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools “By exhorting leaders to make use of new, open technologies that encourage more diverse and dynamic marketplaces, Parag Khanna makes a powerful argument: the world can become smarter than the sum of its parts. We need to pay attention to his ideas.� -Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google "Parag Khanna has vision."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb "New America Foundation senior research fellow Khanna (The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order, 2008) calls for a new “mega-diplomacy� to solve problems in a period of global uncertainty. Diplomats have long negotiated how to run the world, writes the author. In ancient Sumerian city-states, they channeled the messages of deities among kings. In modern times, they have divvied up the globe after major wars. With no single power in control, today’s “fractured, fragmented, ungovernable� post–Cold War world demands a new kind of diplomacy based on coalitions of governments, corporations and civic actors. Empowered by the information revolution, writes Khanna, public and private partners can collaborate efficiently across national borders to meet such 21st-century challenges as terrorism, the AIDS epidemic and climate change. Key practitioners of this new diplomacy include the entrepreneurs, academics, activists, celebrities and others who have worked in unusual and collaborative ways to achieve such goals as a landmine ban, debt relief and the International Criminal Court. They range from Bill and Melinda Gates to luminaries like Bono and Angelina Jolie-all individuals with resources and influence-and include NGOs like the Open Society Institute, which shapes important global questions; the World Economic Forum, “archetype of the new diplomacy,� which brings diverse players together on equal footing at annual summits; and the Clinton Global Initiative, which fosters cross-sector partnerships among leaders in politics, business and civil society. Khanna suggests ways in which the new diplomacy can help spur fresh approaches in problem areas-encouraging greater intelligence cooperation on terrorism among countries, giving Somali fishermen incentives to not engage in piracy (such as new boats to boost their catch) and convincing regimes in Iran and North Korea that they don’t need nuclear programs. In the environmental arena, meaningful public-private initiatives spurred by the new diplomacy can have far more impact than international agreements, he writes. For a model of mega-diplomacy, the author points to Europe, where members of the borderless European Union are experimenting and cooperating to meet shared challenges. A valuable contribution to the global-governance debate. " --Kirkus Reviews “Khanna writes clearly, with conviction and charm, and his neomedieval metaphor is intriguing.�- Publishers Weekly “Sweeping, fascinating, provocative-and some may find it irritating. Call it what you will,, Praise for Parag Khanna'sHow to Run the World "The world has money, talent, technology, food, fuel, entrepreneurs and do-gooders in spades, but we lack solidarity to bring it all together. Parag Khanna'sHow to Run the Worldtackles our spiraling complexity head on, yet paints a hopeful picture that our scary, turbulent, and unpredictable new Middle Ages can be turned into another Renaissance if we harness the power of today's governments, multinational firms, NGOs, philanthropists, celebrities, entrepreneurs, innovators, and communities of the faithful to create new models of good governance. It is their solidarity that will secure our future. This book is a fresh, bold, provocative-and most importantly realistic-guide to getting us there."-Greg Mortenson, author ofThree Cups of TeaandStones into Schools "By exhorting leaders to make use of new, open technologies that encourage more diverse and dynamic marketplaces, Parag Khanna makes a powerful argument: the world can become smarter than the sum of its parts. We need to pay attention to his ideas." -Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google "Parag Khanna has vision."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb "A valuable contribution to the global governance debate."-Kirkus Reviews "Khanna writes clearly, with conviction and charm, and his neomedieval metaphor is intriguing."-Publishers Weekly "Sweeping, fascinating, provocative-and some may find it irritating. Call it what you will, but you must read it. There's no book like it." -John G. Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "In this provocative book, Parag Khanna turns on its head much of the assumed reality of 21st century power... Who now has the responsibility? Parag Khanna goes a long way to suggesting answers that many will find uncomfortable." -Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News "Today's crises from financial instability to natural disasters require solutions that bold but also pragmatic. InHow to Run the World, Parag Khanna delivers both. G-20 leaders and corporate executives need to urgently read this book and learn how to really move beyond business as usual."-Dr. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Praise for Parag Khanna'sThe Second World "A fascinating, colorful, and always intelligent tour through a new world."-Fareed Zakaria "A savvy, streetwise primer on dozens of individual countries that adds up to a coherent theory of global politics."-Robert D. Kaplan "Confident in his predictions and bold in his recommendations . . . Khanna's book is written with ambition, scope, and verve that sets it apart from the usual foreign policy tome."-Andrei Cherny,The New York Sun "A panoramic overview that boldly addresses the dilemmas of the world that our next president will confront."-Zbigniew Brzezinski "Khanna is something of a foreign policy whiz kid."-Raymond Bonner,The New York Times Book Review "[A] sweeping, often audacious survey of contemporary geopolitics . . . moves at lightning speed."-William Grimes,The New York Times, Praise for Parag Khanna'sHow to Run the World "By exhorting leaders to make use of new, open technologies that encourage more diverse and dynamic marketplaces, Parag Khanna makes a powerful argument: the world can become smarter than the sum of its parts. We need to pay attention to his ideas." -Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google "Parag Khanna has vision."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb "A valuable contribution to the global governance debate."-Kirkus Reviews "Khanna writes clearly, with conviction and charm, and his neomedieval metaphor is intriguing."-Publishers Weekly "Sweeping, fascinating, provocative-and some may find it irritating. Call it what you will, but you must read it. There's no book like it." -John G. Ruggie, Berthold Beitz Professor in Human Rights and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "In this provocative book, Parag Khanna turns on its head much of the assumed reality of 21st century power... Who now has the responsibility? Parag Khanna goes a long way to suggesting answers that many will find uncomfortable." -Nik Gowing, Main Presenter, BBC World News "Today's crises from financial instability to natural disasters require solutions that bold but also pragmatic. InHow to Run the World, Parag Khanna delivers both. G-20 leaders and corporate executives need to urgently read this book and learn how to really move beyond business as usual."-Dr. Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Praise for Parag Khanna'sThe Second World "A fascinating, colorful, and always intelligent tour through a new world."-Fareed Zakaria "A savvy, streetwise primer on dozens of individual countries that adds up to a coherent theory of global politics."-Robert D. Kaplan "Confident in his predictions and bold in his recommendations . . . Khanna's book is written with ambition, scope, and verve that sets it apart from the usual foreign policy tome."-Andrei Cherny,The New York Sun "A panoramic overview that boldly addresses the dilemmas of the world that our next president will confront."-Zbigniew Brzezinski "Khanna is something of a foreign policy whiz kid."-Raymond Bonner,The New York Times Book Review "[A] sweeping, often audacious survey of contemporary geopolitics . . . moves at lightning speed."-William Grimes,The New York Times
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
327.2
Synopsis
Here is a stunning and provocative guide to the future of international relations a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, free markets versus state capitalism. Written by the most esteemed and innovative adventurer-scholar of his generation, Parag Khanna's How to Run the World posits a chaotic modern era that resembles the Middle Ages, with Asian empires, Western militaries, Middle Eastern sheikhdoms, magnetic city-states, wealthy multinational corporations, elite clans, religious zealots, tribal hordes, and potent media seething in an ever more unpredictable and dangerous storm. But just as that initial dark age ended with the Renaissance, Khanna believes that our time can become a great and enlightened age as well only, though, if we harness our technology and connectedness to forge new networks among governments, businesses, and civic interest groups to tackle the crises of today and avert those of tomorrow. With his trademark energy, intellect, and wit, Khanna reveals how a new mega-diplomacy consisting of coalitions among motivated technocrats, influe|9781400068272|, "How to Run the World" is a stunning and provocative guide to the future of international relations--a system for managing global problems beyond the stalemates of business versus government, East versus West, rich versus poor, democracy versus authoritarianism, and free markets versus state capitalism.
LC Classification Number
JZ1305.K43 2010
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