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Presents an analysis of the post-Bush world, discussing America's revised leadership role in the realignment of the global community, while evaluating its potential contributions in such areas as economics, technology, and the environment.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Pentagon's New Map, a bold, trenchant analysis of the post-Bush worldIn Great Powers, New York Times bestselling author and prominent political consultant Thomas Barnett provides a tour-de-force analysis of the grand realignments in the post-Bush world-in the spheres of economics, diplomacy, defense, technology, security, the environment, and more. The "great powers" are no longer just the world's nation- states, but the most powerful and dynamic influences on the global stage, requiring not simply a course correction, but a complete recalibration. Globalization as it exists today was built by America- and now, Barnett says, it's time for America to shape and redefine what comes next.
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