When Athens went to war with Sparta some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides identified one simple cause: a rising power threatened to displace a ruling one, leading inexorably to conflict. As Graham Allison explains, in the past 500 years, great powers have found themselves in 'Thucydides's Trap' 16 times. In 12 of the 16 - from war between the French and the Hapsburgs in the 16th century to the two world wars of the 20th - the results have been catastrophic. Today, the same structural forces propel China and the US toward a cataclysm of unseen proportions, even as both sides insist that such a war could never occur
Graham T. Allison Libri
Graham Allison è una voce illustre negli affari internazionali e nella sicurezza nazionale. La sua erudizione approfondisce le complesse dinamiche della competizione tra grandi potenze, facendo spesso riferimento a schemi storici per illuminare le tensioni geopolitiche attuali. Il lavoro di Allison fornisce ai lettori quadri critici per comprendere potenziali conflitti e le decisioni strategiche che influenzano la stabilità globale. Offre profonde intuizioni sulle intricate relazioni che plasmano il panorama internazionale.







Essence of Decision
- 338pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
A penetrating study of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis examines the workings of American decision-making and foreign policy.
Nuclear Terrorism
The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe
"But Allison does more than weave a tale of doom, because his second proposition is that nuclear terrorism is preventable. He outlines an ambitious but feasible strategy by which we can essentially eliminate the danger of nuclear terrorism."--BOOK JACKET.
Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy
- 104pagine
- 4 ore di lettura
Nuclear materials have never been more plentiful or more accessible to rogue states and terrorists. In this study, the authors analyze the consequences of such nuclear leakage for United States national security and argue that it is possibly the nation's h
“A thorough and realistic treatment on the crucial issue of our time that should be given careful consideration by both policymakers and citizens.” ―Henry Kissinger The debate over national security and arms control has focused primarily on weapons―more or fewer weapons, different kinds of weapons. Hawks tend to see the immediate cause of war as one-sided weakness that tempts an aggressive adversary. For Doves, the primary cause of war lies in arms races that become provocative.
Li Kuang-jao: státníkovy názory na Čínu, USA a svět
- 216pagine
- 8 ore di lettura
Jakmile Li Kuang-jao (1923–2015) promluvil, naslouchali mu prezidenti, předsedové vlád, diplomati a ředitelé firem. Moudrost Li Kuang-jaa, zakladatele moderního Singapuru a také jeho premiéra v letech 1959–1990, je podepřena více než padesát let trvajícím působením na globální scéně. Muž, jenž stojí prakticky sám za přerodem Singapuru v ekonomicky úspěšnou zemi západního střihu, nabídl jedinečnou perspektivu geopolitiky východu i západu. V této knize najdete jeho klíčové myšlenky vybrané z rozhovorů, proslovů a rozsáhlého publikovaného díla sestavené do přehledného formátu otázek a odpovědí. Li Kuang-jao zde mimo jiné poskytuje strategická doporučení, jak jednat s Čínou, a zamýšlí se nad budoucností Indie, islámského terorismu, ekonomického růstu, geopolitiky, globalizace a demokracie. Své názory na multikulturalismus, sociální stát, vzdělání a volný trh rozhodně nijak nepřikrášluje. Tato rozsahem nevelká kniha patří do seznamu četby každého světového vůdce.