Wonder and Worry: Contemporary History in an Age of Uncertainty

Wonder and Worry: Contemporary History in an Age of Uncertainty by FRANCIS J. GAVIN


Authors
FRANCIS J. GAVIN
ISBN
9789190021019
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Dimensions
170 x 240mm

The current global order appears to be collapsing. Long forgotten challenges, such as the return of great power competition and the specter of nuclear war, demand fresh attention, while novel, complex, and menacing planetary crises ranging from climate and disease to emerging technology loom. Meanwhile, the United States-the most consequential nation in the international system, behaves erratically and seems willing to abandon its decades-long strategy of building strong alliances, countering authoritarianism and supporting openness. Legacy institutions, and in particular, elite universities, appear unable to meet the moment and provide the scholarly insight and training needed to navigate this new world. How should we understand these unsettling trends? Wonder and Worry offers Francis J. Gavin's best insights on the pressing, fundamental questions we face. What is the state of world politics and the international system? What has been and should be America's role in the global order? And what is the most effective way to evaluate, generate insight, and teach the next generation how to answer the first two questions? Gavin's answers are nuanced, counterintuitive, and often surprisingly optimistic. Wonder and Worry is an incisive and accessible contemporary history for our uncertain age. AUTHOR: Francis J. Gavin is the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and the inaugural director of the Henry A Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Gavin is the author of Gold, Dollars, and Power: the Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958?1971, Nuclear Statecraft, Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy, The Taming of Scarcity and the Problems of Plenty, and Thinking Historically: A Guide to Statecraft and Strategy.
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