Why Europe Will Run the 21st CenturyHarperCollins UK, 25.08.2011 - 264 Seiten Those who believe Europe to be weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century sets out a vision for a century in which Europe will dominate, not America. This is the book that will make your mind up about Europe. Those who believe Europe is weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, Mark Leonard, one of the UK's most visionary thinkers, argues that Europe is remaking the world in its own image. Europe only looks dead because it is seen through American eyes. But America's reach is shallow and narrow. It can bribe, bully or impose its will anywhere in the world, but when its back is turned its potency wanes. Europe's reach is broad and deep, spreading its values from Albania to Zambia. It brings other countries into its orbit rather than defining itself against them, and once countries come under the influence of its laws and customs they are changed for ever. This book sets up a challenge: to regard Europe not as a tangle of bureaucracy and regulation, but as a revolutionary model for the future. We cannot afford to forget that Europe was founded to protect us against war and that it is now key to the spread of democracy. ‘Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century’ addresses Europe's place in the world, looks to the past and the future and argues, provocatively, that it can and will shape a new and better world order. |
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... Aggression 73 5 The European Way of War 85 6 The Stockholm Consensus 103 7 The European Rescue of National Democracy 129 8 Europe at 50 149 9 Brussels and the Beijing Consensus 167 10 The End of the American World Order 183 11.
... democracy ' and using its market size and the promise of engagement to reshape societies from the inside . As India , Brazil , South Africa , and even China develop economically and express themselves politically , the European model ...
... democracy . When they look at a map of the world , they will describe a zone of peace spreading like a blue oil slick- from the west coast of Ireland to the east of the Mediterranean ; from the Arctic Circle to the Straits of Gibraltar ...
... leisure and time with their families . Europe represents a synthesis of the energy and freedom that come from liberalism with the stability and welfare that come from social democracy . As the world 10 Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century.
... democracy . A world where small countries are as sovereign as large ones . A world where what matters is that you obey the law - rather than whether you are with us or against us ; where your democratic values are more important than ...
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The Revolutionary Power of Passive | 73 |
The European Way of | 99 |
The European Rescue of National | 129 |
Europe at 50 | 149 |
Brussels and the Beijing Consensus | 167 |
The End of the American World | 183 |
The Regional Domino Effect | 203 |