2022, ISBN: 9780815775935

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In his book World Order (2015), Henry Kissinger wrote that Japan has been for seven decades 'an important anchor of Asian stability and global peace and prosperity.' However, Japan has on… Mehr…

In his book World Order (2015), Henry Kissinger wrote that Japan has been for seven decades 'an important anchor of Asian stability and global peace and prosperity.' However, Japan has only played this anchoring role within an American-led liberal international order built from the ashes of World War II. Now that order itself is under siege, not just from illiberal forces such as China and Russia, but from its very core-the United States under President Donald Trump. The already evident damage to that order, and even its possible collapse, pose particular challenges for Japan, as explored in this book. Noted experts survey the difficult position that Japan finds itself in, both abroad and at home. The weakening of the rules-based order threatens the very basis of Japan's trade-based prosperity, with the unreliability of U.S. protection leaving Japan vulnerable to an economic and technological superpower in China and at heightened risk from a nuclear North Korea. Japan's response to such challenges are complicated by controversies over constitutional revision and the dark aspects of its history that remain a source of tension with its neighbors. The absence of virulent strains of populism have helped to provide Japan with a stable platform from which to pursue its international agenda. Yet with a rapidly aging population, widening intergenerational inequality, and high levels of public debt, the sources of Japan's stability-its welfare state and immigration policies-are becoming increasingly difficult tosustain. Each of the book's chapters is written by a specialist in the field, and the book benefits from interviews with more than 40 Japanese policymakers and experts, as well as a public opinion survey. The book outlines today's challenges to the liberal international order, proposes a role for Japan to uphold, reform, and shape the order, and examines Japan's assets as well as constraints as it seeks to play the role of a proactive stabilizer in the Asia-Pacif ...|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/1c83d52d/the-crisis-of-liberal-internationalism-yoichi-funabashi-9780815737674.jpg|9780815737674|The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism : Paperback : Brookings Institution : 9780815737674 : 04 Feb 2020 : Outlines today's challenges to the liberal international order, proposes a role for Japan to uphold, reform and shape the order, and examines Ja ...|new|1|1|1|32.5|0|GBP|Yoichi Funabashi|Brookings Institution|04 Feb 2020|Trade agreements 9780815738213|Democracy's Defenders|21.95|https://wordery.com/democracys-defenders-norman-l-eisen-9780815738213|A behind-the-scenes look at how the United States aided the Velvet Revolution Democracy's Defenders offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the U.S. embassy in Prague in the collapse of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia. Featuring fifty-two newly declassified diplomatic cables, the book shows how the staff of the embassy led by U.S. Ambassador Shirley Temple Black worked with dissident groups and negotiated with the communist government during a key period of the Velvet Revolution that freed Czechoslovakia from Soviet rule. In the vivid reporting of these cables, Black and other members of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Prague describe student demonstrations and their meetings with anti-government activists. The embassy also worked to forestall a violent crackdown by the communist regime during its final months in power. Edited by Norman L. Eisen, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2014, Democracy's Defenders contributes fresh evidence to the literature on U.S. diplomatic history, the cold war era, and American promotion of democracy overseas. In an introductory essay, Eisen places the diplomatic cables in context and analyzes their main themes. In an afterword, Eisen, Czech historian Dr. Mikulá? Pe?ta, and Brookings researcher Kelsey Landau explain how the seeds of democracy that the United States helped plant have grown in the decades since the Velvet Revolution. The authors trace a line from U.S. efforts to promote democracy and economic liberalization after the Velvet Revolution to the contemporary situations of what are now the separate nations of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/14ad47b6/democracys-defenders-norman-l-eisen-9780815738213.jpg|9780815738213|Democracy's Defenders : Hardback : Brookings Institution : 9780815738213 : 28 Apr 2020 : Offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the US embassy in Prague in the collapse of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia. Featu ...|new|1|1|21|21.95|0|GBP|Norman L. Eisen|Brookings Institution|28 Apr 2020|Diplomacy 9780815735304|Enemy of the People|16.39|https://wordery.com/enemy-of-the-people-marvin-kalb-9780815735304|Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an ?enemy of the American people.? Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump's presidential campaign, but this charge marked a dramatic turning point: language like this ventured into dangerous territory. Twentieth-century dictators?notably, Stalin, Hitler, and Mao?had all denounced their critics, especially the press, as ?enemies of the people.? Their goal was to delegitimize the work of the press as ?fake news? and create confusion in the public mind about what's real and what isn't; what can be trusted and what can't be. That, it seems, is also Trump's goal. In Enemy of the People, Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we should fear for the future of American democracy because of the unrelenting attacks by the Trump administration on the press. As his new book shows, the press has been a bulwark in the defense of democracy. Kalb writes about Edward R. Murrow's courageous reporting on Senator Joseph McCarthy's ?red scare? theatrics in the early 1950s, which led to McCarthy's demise. He reminds us of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's reporting in the early 1970s that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Today, because of revolutionary changes in journalism, no Murrow is ready at the battlements. Journalism has been severely weakened. Yet, without a virile, strong press, democracy is in peril. Kalb's book is a frightening indictment of President Trump's efforts to delegitimize the American press?and put the future of our democracy in question.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/ba3f2a8f/enemy-of-the-people-marvin-kalb-9780815735304.jpg|9780815735304|Enemy of the People : Hardback : Brookings Institution : 9780815735304 : 25 Sep 2018 : Marvin Kalb, an award-winning American journalist with more than six decades of experience both as a journalist and media observer, writes with passion about why we ...|new|1|1|22|17.95|0|GBP|Marvin Kalb|Brookings Institution|25 Sep 2018|Media studies 9780815738862|The Constitution of Knowledge|20.72|https://wordery.com/the-constitution-of-knowledge-jonathan-rauch-9780815738862|Arming Americans to defend the truth from today's war on facts ?In what could be the timeliest book of the year, Rauch aims to arm his readers to engage with reason in an age of illiberalism.? ?NewsweekA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multi-front challenge to America's ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood. In 2016 Russian trolls and bots nearly drowned the truth in a flood of fake news and conspiracy theories, and Donald Trump and his troll armies continued to do the same. Social media companies struggled to keep up with a flood of falsehoods, and too often didn't even seem to try. Experts and some public officials began wondering if society was losing its grip on truth itself. Meanwhile, another new phenomenon appeared: ?cancel culture.? At the push of a button, those armed with a cellphone could gang up by the thousands on anyone who ran afoul of their sanctimony. In this pathbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the ?Constitution of Knowledge??our social system for turning disagreement into truth. By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch arms defenders of truth with a clearer understanding of what they must protect, why they must do?and how they can do it. His book is a sweeping and readable description of how every American can help defend objective truth and free inquiry from threats as far away as Russia and as close as the cellphone.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/96f4598e/the-constitution-of-knowledge-jonathan-rauch-9780815738862.jpg|9780815738862|The Constitution of Knowledge : Hardback : Brookings Institution : 9780815738862 : 22 Jun 2021 : In this groundbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what ...|new|1|1|8|22.95|0|GBP|Jonathan Rauch|Brookings Institution|22 Jun 2021|Political structure & processes 9780815739654|Breakthrough|33.28|https://wordery.com/breakthrough-homi-kharas-9780815739654|Harnessing technology for a better future Looking into the future is always difficult and often problematic?but sometimes it's useful to imagine what innovations might resolve today's problems and make tomorrow better. In this book, 15 distinguished international experts examine how technology will affect the human condition and natural world within the next ten years. Their stories reflect major ambitions for what the future could bring and offer a glimpse into the possibilities for achieving the UN's ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. The authors were asked to envision future success in their respective fields, given the current state of technology and potential progress over the next decade. The central question driving their research: What are likely technological advances that could contribute  to the Sustainable Development Goals at major scale, affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of people or substantial geographies around the globe. One overall takeaway is that gradualist approaches will not achieve those goals by 2030. Breakthroughs will be necessary in science, in the development of new products and services, and in institutional systems. Each of the experts responded with stories that reflect big ambitions for what the future may bring. Their stories are not projections or forecasts as to what will happen; they are reasoned and reasonable conjectures about what could happen. The editors' intent is to provide a glimpse into the possibilities for the future of sustainable development. At a time when many people worry about stalled progress on the economic, social, and environmental challenges of sustainable development, Breakthrough is a reminder that the promise of a better future is within our grasp, across a range of domains. It will interest anyone who wonders about the world's economic, social, and environmental future.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/654a937d/breakthrough-homi-kharas-9780815739654.jpg|9780815739654|Breakthrough : Paperback : Brookings Institution : 9780815739654 : 25 Jan 2022 : Looking into the future is always difficult and often problematic - but sometimes it's useful to imagine what innovations might resolve today's problems and make tomorrow ...|new|1|1|1|37.5|0|GBP|Homi Kharas|Brookings Institution|25 Jan 2022|Economic theory & philosophy 9780815735748|Moscow Rules|27.95|https://wordery.com/moscow-rules-keir-giles-9780815735748|From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world—and its place in it—that the West can best meet the Russian challenge. Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that Western leaders tend to think that Russia should act as a “rational” Western nation—even though Russian leaders for centuries have thought and acted based on their country's much different history and traditions. Russia, through Western eyes, is unpredictable and irrational, when in fact its leaders from the czars to Putin almost always act in their own very predictable and rational ways. For Western leaders to try to engage with Russia without attempting to understand how Russians look at the world is a recipe for repeated disappointment and frequent crises. Keir Giles, a senior expert on Russia at Britain's prestigious Chatham House, describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem deeply alien in the West, but understanding them is essential for successful engagement with Moscow. Giles argues that understanding how Moscow's leaders think—not just Vladimir Putin but his predecessors and eventual successors—will help their counterparts in the West develop a less crisis-prone and more productive relationship with Russia.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/596ad360/moscow-rules-keir-giles-9780815735748.jpg|9780815735748|Moscow Rules : Paperback : Brookings Institution : 9780815735748 : 29 Jan 2019 : Describes how Russian leaders have used consistent doctrinal and strategic approaches to the rest of the world. These approaches may seem alien in the West, but understan ...|new|1|1|1|27.95|0|GBP|Keir Giles|Brookings Institution|29 Jan 2019|Diplomacy 9780815764359|North Korea Through the Looking Glass|21.95|https://wordery.com/north-korea-through-the-looking-glass-r-hassig-9780815764359|Fifty-five years after its founding at the dawn of the cold war, North Korea remains a land of illusions. Isolated and anachronistic, the country and its culture seem to be dominated exclusively by the official ideology of Juche, which emphasizes national self-reliance, independence, and worship of the supreme leader, General Kim Jong Il. Yet this socialist utopian ideal is pursued with the calculations of international power politics. Kim has transformed North Korea into a militarized state, whose nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and continued threat to South Korea have raised alarm worldwide. This paradoxical co, [PU: Brookings Institution Press]<