An unusual and disturbing response to our era of multiple crises, it seeks to raise questions and deepen our understanding of global affairs.
Have we returned to a world in which states prevail, in which ethnocentrism and ethno-nationalism dominate, and in which global cooperation undergoes a radical reorientation? America's relative decline is a major factor in this dynamic, as is the renewed role of China, India, and Brazil on the international stage.A World on the Brink of Collapse, emanating from the Open Society Foundations' Ideas Workshop, offers nuanced, often unconventional, analyzes of pressing global issues. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the current state of the global political economy, liberalism and democracy (and their future); the state of the Anthropocene; The dangers and contradictions of artificial intelligence.Rather than trying to convince readers of what is right and wrong, promote a particular political position or espouse a specific ideological idea, the contributors offer a broad range of views and critical analyzes of contemporary issues, without obligating readers to take sides. In this book that rejects partisan politics, more questions are raised than answered.With contributions from Quinn Slobodian, Isa Deng, Kaiser Kuo, Evgeny Morozov, Basharat Peer, Nesreen Malek, Evan Krastev, and others, this book offers a thought-provoking new look at today's turbulent world.
