It just so happens that today – the day our blog went live – a book on the issue of rising powers and the place of the United States in the world got featured in the New York Times. The book is Great Powers: America and the World After Bush by Thomas P. M. Barnett. Dwight Garner’s review isn’t a wholehearted endorsement, but it does recommend it as an interesting read. Great Powers sets the US as a key promoter of “enlightened globalization”, serving as an example for rising powers while retaining its hegemonic status. Barnett compares some of the US rising power adversaries to “younger versions” of the American state. While this analogy might not hold water, it is an interesting take on the current situation and worth returning to in the future.
Great Powers: America and the World After Bush: by Thomas P. M. Barnett. Credit: New York Times.
If any readers have read the book, please leave a comment.