The bipolar world of the Cold War is history. The new world order, however, is not the One World dreamed of by Wilsonian idealists. It is a Balkanizing world where race, tribe, culture and creed matter most, and democracy is seen not as an end in itself but as a means to an end - the accretion of power by one's own kind to achieve one's own dreams.

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Themes

  • History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
  • Power — The dynamics of influence, authority, and leadership

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