The shape of the world to come : charting the geopolitics of a new century / Laurent Cohen-Tanugi ; translated by George Holoch.

Introduction. The World Is Not Flat -- 1. The New Face of Globalization -- 2. The End of the Atlantic Era -- 3. The Geopolitics of Globalization -- 4. The West on Trial -- 5. The Weapons of Peace -- Conclusion: Shaping the World to Come.

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-122) and index.

"Offering the most comprehensive analysis of world politics to date, Laurent Cohen-Tangui takes on globalization's cheerleaders and detractors, who, in their narrow focus, have failed to recognize the full extent to which globalization has become a geopolitical phenomenon. Offering an interpretative framework for thought and action, Cohen-Tanugi suggests how we should approach our new "multipolar" world - a world that is anything but the balanced and harmonious system many welcomed as a desirable alternative to the "American Empire."" "His argument is that economic globalization exists in a complex dialectic with the traditional geopolitics it has, ironically, helped to revive. This tension has created an ambivalent world that requires democracies to operate in two realms: the realm of economic integration and multilateralism - or peaceful, astrategic, "postmodern" internationalism - and the more traditional, even regressive realm of confrontation between national and regional strategies of power fought against a background of terrorism, civil war, and nuclear proliferation."--BOOK JACKET.