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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... peace , they see Europe's belief in international institu- tions and the rule of international law as weak and unworldly - a luxurious delusion which post - 9 / 11 America can no longer af- ford . In fact for many , Concepcion repre ...
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... peace , prosperity , and 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 ...
... peace . Monnet's tactic was always to focus on technical de- tails rather than the big political questions that attract headlines . He tried to tackle contentious issues by breaking them down into component parts it is a lot easier to ...
... peace . This was cap- tured most dramatically when the Northern Irish politician John Hume was given the Nobel Peace Prize . In his acceptance speech he talked of the European Union as the most successful peace process in history ...
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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 |