by Ian Bremmer
First published 2022
Political scientist Ian Bremmer examines how humanity can navigate three massive challenges approaching in the next decade. He argues that lessons from the past century, including recent pandemic responses, reveal both our vulnerabilities and our potential solutions. Bremmer identifies the core problem: domestic polarization and international rivalry leave nations unprepared for what comes next. Deadlier pandemics will emerge. Climate disruption will displace millions and force lifestyle changes. Artificial intelligence will remake geopolitics faster than societies can adapt. Yet Bremmer finds cause for optimism in current collaborations between forward thinking leaders, business executives, and citizens already addressing these threats. He presents strategies ranging from historical models like the Marshall Plan to contemporary frameworks like the Green New Deal. The book offers governments, companies, and individuals a practical guide for transforming crisis into opportunity, showing how these challenges might finally deliver the global prosperity that twentieth century globalization promised but never achieved.
Genres: science, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: solutions-focused, transformative
Period: 21st-century
272 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster