Who Is In Charge In The 21st Century?
EVERY NATION FOR ITSELF , B Y IAN BREMMER – A BOOK REVIEW
5 D ECEMBER 2 013
Who is in Charge in the 21st Century? Every Nation for Itself – Winners and Loosers in a G-‐Zero World, by Ian Bremmer
A BOOK REVIEW
ABSTRACT
STEPHANIE
LINGEMANN
The world’s powerhouses, the US, the EU, and Japan, are no longer willing and able to take on global leadership. As no emerging nation or international institution can fill this power void, the world is without a leader that can enforce …show more content…
Losers, on the contrary, are states that live in the shadow of a single power, such as Mexico, which is economically dependent on the US, or Ukraine, which falls between the cracks of Russia and the EU.
Next, Bremmer outlines possible world orders that will emerge after G-‐Zero. It will take a calamity, Bremmer says, for nations to accept the costs, sacrifices, and risks needed to fill the G-‐Zero power vacuum with something else. While cooperation is absent in the unled world, Bremmer draws four scenarios with different levels of cooperation for the post-‐G-‐Zero era. Unlikely is the emergence of a G2 system in which the US and China cooperate to solve the most pressing global challenges. If
5 D ECEMBER 2 013
Who is in Charge in the 21st Century? Every Nation for Itself – Winners and Loosers in a G-‐Zero World, by Ian Bremmer
A BOOK REVIEW
ABSTRACT
STEPHANIE
LINGEMANN
The world’s powerhouses, the US, the EU, and Japan, are no longer willing and able to take on global leadership. As no emerging nation or international institution can fill this power void, the world is without a leader that can enforce …show more content…
Losers, on the contrary, are states that live in the shadow of a single power, such as Mexico, which is economically dependent on the US, or Ukraine, which falls between the cracks of Russia and the EU.
Next, Bremmer outlines possible world orders that will emerge after G-‐Zero. It will take a calamity, Bremmer says, for nations to accept the costs, sacrifices, and risks needed to fill the G-‐Zero power vacuum with something else. While cooperation is absent in the unled world, Bremmer draws four scenarios with different levels of cooperation for the post-‐G-‐Zero era. Unlikely is the emergence of a G2 system in which the US and China cooperate to solve the most pressing global challenges. If