SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERWith extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time.
Our national and global affairs are in perilous disarray, to the point where extremely sober observers are saying that we have brought imminent catastrophe upon ourselves and that it is just too late to escape.
A principios del siglo xxi, la politica internacional necesita ser analizada con herramientas metodologicas de la geopolitica y geoeconomia, con las cuales geografia, historia economica y politica se entrecruzan para permitirnos entender los cambios actuales.
Este libro tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre los principales resultados de la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa, organizada en 2022, en el contexto del proceso de integracion de la Union Europea, y discutir en que medida esta experiencia europea ofrece lecciones relevantes para la superacion de los actuales desafios del regionalismo latinoamericano.
En esta obra se tiene como punto de partida la idea central de que integrarse sigue siendo considerado instrumento válido para el desarrollo económico, político y social de América Latina, en momentos en que los procesos latinoamericanos de integración se encuentran estancados, a pesar de décadas de mandatos para su realización, y que, por consiguiente, es útil y conveniente investigar de manera comparativa, mediante análisis de regionalismo comparado, las ideas fundacionales que le han permitido a la integración europea lograr importantes avances en su proceso con relación a las ideas fundacionales que ha acompañado la integración latinoamericana con el apoyo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina (Cepal), observando cuáles pueden ser valederas e impostergables para relanzar la integración latinoamericana.
The Rise and Fall of the House of Bo is a shocking and revelatory expos of China's most controversial 'statesman' Bo Xilai, by journalist John Garnaut, available exclusively as a digital-only Penguin Special.
The Penguin Economist Special reports delve into the most pressing economic issues of the day: from national and global economies, to the impact of trade, industry and jobs.
The Penguin Economist Special reports delve into the most pressing economic issues of the day: from national and global economies, to the impact of trade, industry and jobs.
*Winner of International Studies Association (ISA)'s International Political Sociology Best Book Prize for 2017**Winner of British International Studies Association (BISA)'s International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize of 2016**Shortlisted for the ISA Book Prize* Mainstream historical accounts of the development of capitalism describe a process which is fundamentally European - a system that was born in the mills and factories of England or under the guillotines of the French Revolution.
*Winner of International Studies Association (ISA)'s International Political Sociology Best Book Prize for 2017**Winner of British International Studies Association (BISA)'s International Political Economy Working Group Book Prize of 2016**Shortlisted for the ISA Book Prize* Mainstream historical accounts of the development of capitalism describe a process which is fundamentally European - a system that was born in the mills and factories of England or under the guillotines of the French Revolution.
Since 1963, when the African integration project was born, regional Economic Communities (RECs) have been an indispensable part of the continent,s deeper socioeconomic and political integration.
'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' ObserverIt was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State, and it made you and I.
The Ambivalence of Power in the Twenty-First Century Economy contributes to the understanding of the ambivalent nature of power, oscillating between conflict and cooperation, public and private, global and local, formal and informal, and does so from an empirical perspective.
For nearly 60 years--from its uprising against British rule in the 1950s, to the bloody civil war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the 1960s, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in the 1970s, and the United Nation's ongoing 30-year effort to reunite the island--the tiny Mediterranean nation of Cyprus has taken a disproportionate share of the international spotlight.
Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of biological life.
The purpose and location of frontiers affect all human societies in the contemporary world - this book offers an introduction to them and the issues they raise.
Sir Crispin Tickell, GCMG, one of Britain's outstanding diplomats and one of the word's leading proponents of 'climate change', says of this book: "e;Here John Pedler takes the broadest of views, ranging from politics and science to religion and beyond, and paints a picture of the world as most of us have yet to see it.