Strategic Impasse

Synopsis

Liberal Interventionism And Globalization-the Two Pillars Of The International System--seem Not To Work. Explaining The Inability Of Western Powers To Enact Wise Initiatives, Corradi Explores The De-coupling Of Political Systems: We Are Connected With Each Other But Disconnected From Policy Makers. The Paradox Of Increased Connectivity And Collective Disengagement Sets A Perverse Dynamic Between Publics And Elites, With A Serious Impact On World Affairs. Corradi Analyzes The Social Bases Of Present Dilemmas And How Incipient Decline Can Be Managed, And Paralysis Overcome-- We Have A Problem -- Running Amok, Or The End Of Capitalism As We Know It -- The Failure Of Alternatives -- The New Ancien R�egime -- The Mindless Mind, Or The New Wiles Of Propaganda -- Another Rubicon? Reflections On Defeasance In The West -- Behemoth Lite : National-populist Democracy And Its Impact On Strategy -- When Nobody Minds The Shop -- Geostrategic Rivalries In A Period Of Potential Deglobalization -- After Pax Americanan : Ten Theses On Geopolitical Disarray. By Juan E. Corradi. Includes Index.