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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298507703321

Autore

Sapelli Giulio

Titolo

Global Challenges and the Emerging World Order / / by Giulio Sapelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-15624-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 p.)

Disciplina

330

330.9

333.79

337

338926

339.5

Soggetti

Economics

Political economy

International economics

Economic geography

Energy policy

Energy and state

Popular Science in Economics

International Political Economy

International Economics

Economic Geography

Energy Policy, Economics and Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- The terrible August 2013 -- The start of the Mediterranean crisis -- The world’s economic crisis -- The chickens have come home to roost -- The old and new convergence -- Responding to strategic divergence -- Fossil hydrocarbons and the fragmentation of growth -- The future will be African -- Emerging from the crisis in Europe: changing Europe.



Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a fascinating overview of the challenges posed by the world’s new geostrategic order and likely future directions. It opens with an unconventional view of the Arab Spring, identifying its origins in the relative US withdrawal from the Middle East caused by both the need for military disengagement for economic reasons and the discovery of shale gas and tight oil in the heart of the North American continent. The rise in the geostrategic importance of Putin’s Russia is explored in this context. The implications of the worldwide economic crisis are analyzed in depth: the author’s interpretation is that the world is entering a phase of unstable growth generated by hyperfinancialization and deflation. Against this background, the book explores the US attempt to trigger growth through the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (based on the US-Australia military alliance) in restraining China’s advance, and the potential for Africa to become the driver of the world’s economic future if it can resist Chinese penetration and continue the nation-building process.